"Well, I guess I won't make them then.

I'll make her something pretty.

A pincushion all over lace and pin ribbons, or something like that." "That will be lovely," said Laura.

"I shall embroider her a tablecloth." "You'll never finish it," said Patty, who well knew how soon Laura's bursts of enthusiasm spent themselves.

"You'd better decide on a doily.
Better a doily done than a tablecloth but begun." "Oh, I'll tell you-what we can do, girls," said Polly Stevens.