"
"And if you don't look all tired out! If you just don't!"
The ready tears swam in her voice.
"It's--it's been awful--me away from her all day like this. But,
anyways, I got news for her when I go home to-night about her five
weeks' benefit money. Old Criggs was grand. He's going to send the
committee to see her. Anyways, that's some good news for her."
"I just can't get her out of my mind, neither. Seems like I--I just can
see her poor blind face all the time."
"M-me, too."
"They say the girls up in the ribbons been crying all day. She was no
love-bird, but they say she wasn't bad underneath."
"God knows she--she wasn't."
"That's the way with some folks; they're hard on top, but everybody
knows hard-shell crabs have got sweeter meat than soft."
"Nobody knows that she was a rough diamond better than me. I got sore at
her sometimes, but I--I know she was always there when I--I needed her,
alrighty."
"Now, now, little girl, don't cry! You're all worn out."
"She--she was always there to stand by me in--in a pinch."
"Honest, Miss Sadie, you look just like a pretty little ghost. What you
need is some spring air, girlie, some spring air for a tonic.
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