"Yes, sir, that's my name. Will you sit down? Betsy Ann, hand the gentleman a chair."
The little girl brought forward a country made chip-bottom chair, and with a bow, the visitor seated himself.
The woman also sat down, and waited in some little curiosity to find out the object of the stranger's visit.
"You have a young child at nurse?" he said.
"Yes, sir; this one that I have upon my lap. That one in the cradle is my own."
"Are you strong enough to nurse two children?" inquired Mr. Berners.
"Betsy Ann," said the woman, turning to the little girl, "call your sister Nancy 'Lizabeth in here."
The child went into a back kitchen, and returned with another child the counterpart of herself.
"There, now! You two stand right up there before the gentleman."
The children joined hands, and stood before Mr. Berners for inspection.