"
"I am so sorry," was all Louise could say, for their talk was
interrupted; but she ran upstairs immediately to tell Bess.
"Don't you wish we could have it mended for him?" she asked.
"Yes, indeed, but we haven't any money to spare from our Christmas
things, and if we used it every bit it would not be enough."
"We might get somebody to help us; still that wouldn't be as nice as
doing it ourselves."
"Perhaps we could have a fair, like the one Aunt Zelie had when she
was a little girl. Let's ask her," proposed Bess, jumping up.
But their aunt thought it too great an undertaking. "I was several
years older than you are," she said, "and we worked for six months to
get ready. However," she added, seeing the disappointed faces, "you
might do something else, tableaux or charades."
This idea pleased them, and they decided to talk it over at the club
that afternoon.
There was no difficulty in interesting the M.Ks. They were all
enthusiasm.
"We may not make enough," said Louise, "but that ought not to keep us
from trying to help."
"If we could only give them the money for a Christmas gift," said
Dora.
"I don't see how you could manage that, but a New Year's gift would be
almost as good, would it not?" asked Miss Brown.
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