`` No , indeed ! One of these is worth a dozen of those nasty pies . I hate to see you eating them , and I do n't believe your mothers know how bad they are , '' said Miss Hetty , diving for another handful into the depths of the box , which was half empty already . `` Wish you 'd teach old Peck how you make 'em . We 'd be glad enough to buy these and let the cockroach pies alone , '' said Charley , accepting another and enjoying the fun , for half the fellows were watching the scene from over the way . `` Cockroach pies ! You do n't mean to say ? '' cried Miss Hetty , nearly dropping her load in her horror at the idea , for she had heard of fricasseed frogs and roasted locusts , and thought a new delicacy had been found . `` We find 'em in the apple-sauce sometimes , and nails and bits of barrel in the cake , so some of us do n't patronize Peck , '' replied Charley ; and little Briggs the cripple added eagerly , -- `` I never do ; my mother wo n't let me . '' `` He never has any money , that 's why , '' bawled Dickson , the fat boy , dodging behind the fence as he spoke . `` Never you mind , sonny , you come here every day , and I 'll see that you have a good lunch . Apples too , red ones , if you like them , with your cake , '' answered Miss Hetty , patting his head and sending an indignant glance across the street . `` Cry-baby ! Molly-coddle ! Grandma 's darling ! '' jeered Dickson , and then fled , for Charley fired a ball at him with such good aim it narrowly escaped his nose . `` That boy will have the jaundice as sure as fate , and he deserves it , '' said Miss Hetty , sternly , as she dropped the lid on the now empty box ; for while she was talking the free-and-easy young gentlemen had been helping themselves . `` Thank you very much , ma'am , for my cookie . I wo n't forget to call to-morrow . '' And little Briggs shook hands with as innocent a face as if his jacket pocket was not bulging in a most suspicious manner .
`` You 'll get your death a cold , Hetty , '' called Miss Jerusha , and , taking the hint , XXXXX promptly ended the visit .
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