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"She's got something to sell, I guess," said Tom.
Just then Hannah came to the door, and the children told her about the little girl.
"Go away!" said Hannah; "we don't want to buy anything."
The child came a step nearer and said timidly,—
"Will you please to buy some matches, ma'am?"
"No," said Hannah shortly; "we don't want any pedlers 'round here."
The child sighed and turned away.
"Hannah," said Posy, with her cheeks very red, "that's a poor little girl, and Mamma always buys things of poor little girls."
"Your mamma's got plenty of matches," said Hannah in the same cross tone. "She wants a chance to steal something; that's what she wants."
