D. and the cart, and he was so good! He put the poor
little girl in the cart and pushed her. She was so weak she fell down
every little bit when we's runnin'. Aunt Corinne and me had to nearly
carry her."
"Well, why didn't he bring you back to the tavern?"
"Grandma, if he had, the show people would been sure to get her! We
thought they'd travel on this morning. And we were so tired! He took
us to a cabin house, and the woman was real good. The man was real
good, too. They had lots of dogs. We got our breakfast and stayed all
night. They knew we'd strayed off, but they said J. D. would get us
back safe. I gave them the rest of my dollar. Then this morning we
all started to town, but J. D. had to go away down the road first,
for some eggs and things. And it took us so long we only got this far
when it came dusk."
"J. D. took good care of us," said aunt Corinne. "Everybody knows
him, and he is so funny. The folks say he travels along the pike all
through Indiana and Ohio."
"Well, I'm obliged to him," said Grandma Padgett, still severely;
"we owe him, too, for a good supper and breakfast he gave us the
other time we saw him. But I can't make out how he can foot it faster
than we can ride, and so git into this State ahead of us.
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