"Sure could she!" interrupted the sustaining Eva.
"Could she have kind feelings sooner I puts me on clean mit buttons on mine back und makes all things what is nice fer me? Oh, Eva, could she have feelin's over me?"
"Sure could she," cried Eva. "Sooner you makes all them things she could to make you, maybe, monitors off of somethings."
"Be you monitors?" demanded Yetta in sudden awe.
"Off of pencils. Ain't you seen how I gives 'em out and takes 'em up? She gives me too a piece of paper mit writings on it. Sooner I shows it on the big boys what stands by the door in the yard, sooner they lets me I should come right up by Teacher's room. You could to look on it." And, after unfolding countless layers of paper and of cheese-cloth handkerchief, she exhibited her talisman. It was an ordinary visiting card with a line of writing under its neatly engraved "Miss Constance Bailey," and Yetta regarded it with envying eyes.
"What does it says?" she asked.
"Well," admitted Eva with reluctant candour, "I couldn't to read them words but I guess it says I should come all places what I wants the while I'm good girls."
"Can you go all places where you wants mit it?"
"Sure could you."
"On theaytres?"