Aren't you glad to know there'll be
Five old ladies as nice as we?"
At the last line they rose, each dropped a profound courtesy and
marched from the stage. The enthusiastic audience recalled them half a
dozen times, till Mr. Hazeltine was obliged to announce that the
entertainment was over.
No one had enjoyed it more than a person who sat in an easy-chair,
where without any effort she could see all that went on.
Here the children gathered when it was over, exclaiming, "Why, Miss
Brown, we did not know you were coming! How did you get here, and how
did you like it?"
It was of no use to try to answer so many questions, so she only
laughed and said she had enjoyed herself immensely.
Then they must rush off to see how much money had been taken in.
Mr. Caruth, who had been pressed into service as doorkeeper by Cousin
Helen, was in the hall with Aunt Zelie.
"Here are nine dollars and a half for you, Grandma," he said, putting
a box into Louise's hands.
"Oh, thank you! Then that will be enough with the basket money. Don't
you think our entertainment was pretty good, Mr. Caruth?" she asked.
"Delightful! I was just telling Mrs. Howard that it was a star
performance," he answered.
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