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took.out some pieces of brown fried chicken; then
she took out some big slices of cake with raisins in it.
She even added some biscuits and slices of ham. Then
she put them in a coarse clean napkin.

“Now, look here,” she said. “Don’t you go filling
up with candy and peanuts just because you are by
yourselves. You put this in your bag and eat it
when youre ready. “I'anyrate it’s good home-made
victuals and won’t harm you.”

And, in the midst of their shy thanks, she shut the
basket again and went off with her husband, and they
heard her say again before she disappeared—

“ Well—Jem !”