15/24 Oh, I have arranged it all in my mind. Johnnie will slice the citron, Elsie will wash the currants, Debby measure and bake, Alexander mix, you and I will attend to the icing, and all of us will cut it up." "Alexander!" "Alexander. He is quite pleased with the idea, and has constructed an implement--a sort of spade, cut out of new pine wood--for the purpose. He says it will be a sight easier than digging flower-beds. We will set about it next week; for the cake improves by keeping, and as it is the heaviest job we have to do, it will be well to get it out of the way early." "Sha'n't you have a floral bell, or a bower to stand in, or something of that kind ?" ventured Clover, timidly. |