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"So 'tis!" said Mickey. "But since you arrived to such bettered
conditions, you got to be a lady of fashion. Now Peaches, every single kid
in the Park is named _two_ names, these days. Fellow can't have a foot
race for falling over Mary Elizabeths, and Louisa Ellens. I can't do so
much just to start on, 'cause I can't earn the boodle; fast as I get it,
you're going to line up; but nachally, just at starting you must begin on
the things that are not expensive. Now names don't cost anything, so I can
be giving you six if I like, and you are a lily, so right now I'm naming
you Lily, but two's the style; keep your Peaches, if it suits you. Lily
just flies out of my mouth when I look at you."
This was wonderful. No cursing! No beating! No wailing over a lame-back
brat to feed. Mickey _liked_ to give her breakfast! Mickey named her for
the wonderful flower like granny had picked up before a church one day, a
few weeks ago and in a rare sober moment had carried to her. Mickey had
made her feel clean, so rested, and so fresh she wanted to roll over the
bed.


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