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Now, though in remorse at her own carelessness, Take-a-Stitch bent over the little one and begged her pardon most earnestly, the baby gave no sign of hearing and slumbered on with her face growing a deeper red and her breath beginning to come in a way that recalled the old captain's snores.
Bo'sn crept up to his mistress and rubbed his sides against her legs, dumbly pleading for rest and refreshment. He was very tired, for a dog, and as confused as Take-a-Stitch by these strange surroundings, and acted as if unwilling to go further afield.
They's a new feller come on our beat an' you chuck him, soon's ye see him. I jest punched him to beat, but owe him 'nother, 'long o' this tear. Sew it, Take-a-Stitch?" "Can't, Billy. I've got to hunt grandpa. Oh, Billy, Billy, he hain't never come home!" The newsboy paused in the munching of a crust and whistled, but this time in dismay rather than good cheer.
That's fer our suppers, an' me an' Nick's goin' to stay right here all night an' take care of ye, Take-a-Stitch, an' leave the door open, so cap'n can come straight in if he happens 'long 'fore mornin'." "An' I've been to every single place he ever sung at, every single. An' to all the captains, an' an' every, everywhere! An' he ain't! But I will find him. I will!" cried Glory, resolutely.
"Angels" could use human speech then; and now her awe of the visitant vanished and down went Take-a-Stitch beside Bo'sn and clasped the little one close and kissed and caressed it to her heart's content, which meant much to Glory, because even grandpa had objected to overmuch caressing, though this newcomer appeared to take kissing as a matter of course and to like it.
Arrived, they joined the group of children gathered about the grinder and his monkey, and created a profound sensation among the gutter audience. "Where'd you get her? Whose she belongs?" demanded one big girl who knew Glory and found this white-clad stranger more interesting than even a monkey. "Belongs to me. She's mine; she was sent," returned Take-a-Stitch, with an inimitable gesture of pride.
Having heard thus much, and recalling even then Posy Jane's saying about "listeners hearin' no good o' theirselves," Take-a-Stitch quietly rose and went around the tree till she stood before her troubled friends. "Why, I thought you was asleep!" cried poor Timothy, rather awkwardly and very red in the face. "So I was, part of the time. Part I wasn't and I listened.
Will you please invite your friends to share the feast with you? I'm sorry I caused you so much trouble and here, the little boy suggested fifty-five cents, suppose we make it a dollar? Will that be wholly satisfactory?" The face of Take-a-Stitch was again a study in its perplexity. The temptation to take the proffered money was great, but a sense of justice was even greater.
"It's 'cause of that the Elbowers call me 'Mend-a-Hole, or 'Take-a-Stitch, whichever happens. Why why I earn money real money sewin' the Lane folks up!" "An' yet bein' that mite of a thing ye are!" returned this new friend, admiringly. "Well then, 'tis out to me sister's husband's cousin's house I'm wishin' ye was this instant.
If I can't then, why the next time " "Say no more, Take-a-Stitch, I've a whole can turnin' sour on me an' you're welcome to a pint on't if you'll take it. My respects to the captain, and here's good luck to the Queen of Elbow Lane!" Glory swept him a curtsy, flashed a radiant smile upon him and was tempted to hug him; but she refrained from this, not knowing how such a caress might be received.
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