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o._ Guess I can, missis, sure for sartin. Come, Sissy Gabble, come right along wid Juno. _Sissy._ Thay, Juno, who ith them? (_Pointing to girls._) _Juno._ Why, bress yer soul, dem ar's de young ladies from de city, on dar vex--vex--on dar vexation. O, Sissy, dar drefful sweet. _Sissy._ Thweet, Juno? I thpothe tho; they've got thuch loth of candy. But they didn't git my pail, tho! _Juno._ Come along to de kitchen. Come. [_Exeunt_ JUNO _and_ SISSY, L. _The girls gather about_ MISS PEASE. _Jenny._ O, Miss Pease, I'm so glad Mrs. Gabble sent you those pickles, I'm so fond of them! _Bessie._ Yes, Miss Pease; they're so nice! _Sadie._ O, they're splendid! Do give us a taste. _Miss P._ Stop, stop young ladies. While I cannot but be grateful to Mrs. Gabble for her kindness, I wish it had taken some other shape. I have long been of the opinion that pickles are unwholesome, and have never allowed them to be placed upon my table. And I am sure I should be disobeying the instructions I received from your parents--to provide you only wholesome food--did I permit you to taste them. For the present, I shall leave them here. (_Places pail on the table._) If you believe I have your interest at heart, you will not touch that which I have condemned. I know I can trust you. _Exit_, L. _Bessie._ Well, I declare! The mean old thing! _Jenny._ It's too bad! Nothing but blasted hopes in this world! _Sadie._ Well, I don't care, I'm a going to have one of those pickles, if I die for it. _Jenny._ Why, Sadie Bean, you don't mean it! _Sadie._ Yes, I do. I know they _are_ wholesome, and my mother always allows me to eat them. _Bessie._ I wouldn't touch one for the world. How impolite it would be, after Miss Pease has forbidden it! _Sadie._ No; she didn't forbid it. She said, if we thought she had our interest at heart, we wouldn't touch the pail. Now I don't believe she has, when she wants to deprive us of such a luxury. I'm determined to have a pickle. _Jenny._ You are wrong, Sadie, to think of such a thing. A Precious Pickle you'll make. (_Sits on sofa._) _Bessie._ Nothing would tempt me. (_Sits on sofa._) How can you, Sadie? _Sadie._ Pooh! Cowards! It's just as easy as croquet, when you make up your mind. (_Lifts cover, and takes out pickle._) A Precious Pickle. I'll taste, Jenny. Ain't they beauties? _Jenny._ Quick, quick, Sadie; somebody's coming! _Sadie._ Dear me! (_Claps on cover, runs and sits o
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