nd pick out what
you want."

"Oh, that will be lovely! Now, let's think what else he has."

"Yes, that's the way to get at it. In a shop like his, with all sorts of
stationery and toys and knick-knacks, there ought to be lots of M's.
Well, doubtless he'll give you some music,--sheet-music, you know; and
perhaps some magazines. Oh, and memorandum-books. You can always sell
those to business men. Then he has maps, too; pocket-maps, or even
larger ones. And I think that's all you ought to expect from him."

"Yes, that's enough. Now, what can I make myself?"

"I daresay Mother finished the list when she said mats and mops. I don't
know of anything else, unless it's mantillas."

"What are they?"

"Don't you know? Well, it is an old-fashioned word. They're ladies'
cloaks, mantles, you know."

"Oh, Father, I could make some for dolls!"

"Yes, that's good; if you can sew well enough."

"Mother will help me with the hard parts. But, really, they will be
lovely. All the little girls will buy them. Now, can't I make something
else?"

"Why, yes; make candy! Marshmallows,--I'll teach you how; you know I'm a
famous candy-maker. But I don't know any other sort,--unless we say
mint-drops. Would that do?"

"Oh, yes. And I can make mottoes. Any kind of candy, you know, done up
in motto-papers."

"That's a fine idea! We'll all make a lot of home-made candy, and help
you wrap it the night before the show. Then your nice, fresh mottoes
will go off like hot cakes."

"Yes, indeed. And Ellen is going to give me some jars of her good mixed
pickles."

"Oh, Ellen can help you a lot. Ask her to make you some mince pies and
marmalade, and macaroons."

"Goody! Goody! I can have a regular food sale, all of M's! Why, it's a
lovely letter, after all. I'm glad it's mine."

"How are they going to manage the Q and X and Z?"

"I think they're going to leave out X and Z. But Q is to be a table full
of queer things. Indian curiosities, and such things. Miss Merington
told me about it. Gladys is going to be with Miss Frost. She's going to
make fudge, and paper fairies. And her father is going to give her a lot
of fans,--Japanese ones,--and Dick is going to cut her out some fretwork
things with his scroll-saw."

"Well, I think the ladies will have very helpful little assistants. I'll
bring you a budget of things from the city, and we'll all have a bee to
make candy for you."

The bee was great fun. The day before the Bazaar, Mr. Mayna