Charlie was as proud as if it had been her own. Hal's fingers trembled as he opened it. There they all were:—
| Three dozen Roses | $1.50 |
| Two dozen Heliotrope | .75 |
| Fuchsias | .75 |
| One dozen Carnations | .48 |
| —— | |
| $3.48 |
"Oh!" exclaimed Hal with a glad cry: "it's just splendid! And he liked them all?"
"Yes. There's going to be a great wedding in Salem. Such hosts and hosts of flowers! And Jim Street took me for fifteen cents!"
"So there's more than three dollars profit," Hal returned. "Now you must run home, Charlie, and get some dinner. I have not enough for two."
"I don't see why I can't stay. I should like to see your school, Hal, when all the children are in."
"But Granny will be troubled. Yes, you had better go, Charlie. You have been so good this morning, that you must not spoil it all. And then she'll be glad to hear."
Charlie went reluctantly. Granny was overjoyed The three dollars looked as large to her as a hundred would have to many a one.
Hal could hardly wait until four o'clock. He hurried home, and ran up stairs; but the poor flowers had been shorn of their crown of glory.
"I can't bear to look at 'em," said Granny with a quiver in her voice. "The poor dear things, that seemed jest like human creeturs! I used to talk to 'em every time I came in."