"Oh, they are over there at the candy table."
"See if you can get them to come over here. I can't be seen carrying three dolls around with me."
Jennie wormed her way through the crowd with surprising agility and reached her two friends who had just bought five cents worth of panuchee apiece. "Come over here," she said breathlessly; "papa [147]wants to speak to you." Tall as he was Mr. Ramsey was easily discovered and the three little girls were not long in reaching him.
"Here you are," he said. "Now, which one of you did I overhear expressing her admiration for this giddy creature in a ball dress?"
"Oh, did you hear?" asked Edna. "I think it must have been I who liked it so much."
Mr. Ramsey lifted down the doll and placed it in Edna's arms. "O!" she breathed rapturously, "do you really mean she is mine? I don't know how to thank you."
"Then don't try," replied Mr. Ramsey laughing. "Now then, it seems to me I heard someone say that this one with the dark locks would be her choice. The voice sounded very much like Dorothy's if I am not mistaken. How is that, Dorothy?"
"Oh, I did say I liked that one best."
"Then yours she is." And Dorothy was made happy by receiving the dark-haired doll into her arms.
"Now, Miss Jane," continued Mr. Ramsey, "there is but one left for you. Do you think you would like this smiling creature with the wonderful hat?"