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 this roundabout way after herself. Whitfield would have the baby named after her Ma," sez I.

Sez Tamer, "I shall always call the child Tirzah." And agin I told her this it wuzn't the child's name, and agin Tamer sez firmly, "Tirzah is a good name, and I shall call her Tirzah." And so she did call her through the hull of our conversation in spite of all my explanations.

Well, bein' a visitor, I thought I wouldn't contend with her, but I wuz some mad on the inside about it. But jest while we wuz talkin' Tamer looked out towards the road and said, "If there don't come Aunt Nabby Barnes! oh, dear me! the sight of her fairly makes me sick, and she will stay all day most likely. Well, we have got to make the best of it, I spoze, she has got lots of money and no heirs, and she thinks a good deal of Jack. Now, Jack," sez she, to the little boy who wuz lookin' on with open eyes and ears, "you must be good to her and pay attention to her all day." And then agin she resoomed her complaints. "Why couldn't she have stayed away to-day and let us alone? I hope she won't stay long." By that time Aunt Nabby had knocked at the door, and Tamer met her with enthosiasm and several kisses, and sez:

"Oh, my dear Aunt Nabby! how glad we all are to see you! Why haven't you been here before? It seems an age since we have seen you; you have come now to stay a good, long while with us, haven't you? Jack come right here and kiss dear Aunt Nabby."

"I won't," sez Jack. "I don't want her here."

"Do you come this minute, Jack, and kiss dear Aunt Nabby. Jack talks about you so much, Aunt Nabby; he thinks everything of you."