"No; and that's what makes--"

"And haven't you got any mother?" interrupted Pollyanna, in growing
excitement.

"No; I never remember any mother, and father died six years ago."

"How old were you?"

"I don't know. I was little. Mumsey says she guesses maybe I was about
six. That's when they took me, you see."

"And your name is Jamie?" Pollyanna was holding her breath.

"Why, yes, I told you that."

"And what's the other name?" Longingly, but fearfully, Pollyanna asked
this question.

"I don't know."

"YOU DON'T KNOW!"

"I don't remember. I was too little, I suppose. Even the Murphys don't
know. They never knew me as anything but Jamie."

A great disappointment came to Pollyanna's face, but almost
immediately a flash of thought drove the shadow away.

"Well, anyhow, if you don't know what your name is, you can't know it