Four little Blossoms through the holidays

BY MABEL C. HAWLEY AUTHOR OF “FOUR LITTLE BLOSSOMS AT BROOKSIDE FARM,” “FOUR LITTLE BLOSSOMS ON APPLE TREE ISLAND,” ETC.
Illustrated By ROBERT GASTON HERBERT
NEW YORK GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY
Copyright, 1922, by George Sully & Company
Four Little Blossoms Through the Holidays MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FOUR LITTLE BLOSSOMS THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS
“WHERE’S the soap, Norah?” demanded Meg importantly. “The soap and the scrubbing brush and a clean towel, please. I need them very much.”
Norah looked at her calmly.
“And why do you be wanting to take a scrubbing brush and the soap down cellar?” she asked. “What are you all up to down there, anyway? I can’t get Twaddles to go to the store for me, and Dot has been poking about in the pantry till she has me wild. What are you doing anyway?”
“Why, you know, Norah, I told you last week,” replied Meg. “We’re getting the Thanksgiving stuff ready to take to school; all the children bring something good to eat and then it is collected and the poor people have a Thanksgiving Day dinner.”
“Well, I’ve been poor in my time,” said Norah, tying on her clean, white apron and preparing to start her dinner, “but never have I been so starved that I could eat soap or, for that matter, a scrubbing brush or a towel, even if ’twas a clean one.”
Meg’s blue eyes widened in surprise, and then she laughed.