Perhaps I'll be a lady tram conductor, and punch tickets, or a post-woman, or drive a Government van!" "If those are careers for girls, bag me for a steeple jack," chirped Dorrie.
It was perhaps a good thing for Winona that such a short interval elapsed between the acceptance of Aunt Harriet's proposal and the date of the scholarship examination.

The ten days were very busy ones, for there seemed much to be done in the way of preparation.

Miss Jones, the dressmaker, was installed in the nursery with the sewing-machine, and demanded frequent tryings-on, a process Winona hated.
"I shall buy all my clothes ready made when I'm grown up!" she declared.
"They very seldom fit, and have to be altered," returned her mother.

"Do stand still, Winona! And I hope you're learning up a few dates and facts for this examination.

You ought to be studying every morning.