"I think I do."
"And about visiting 'the fatherless and widows in their affliction'?" added Agnes.
"Oh, yes! but, then, this isn't visiting the fatherless and widows; this is making things at home."
"Should you like to help me take them when they are done, Minnie?" asked Agnes, looking up.
"That I should, if I might."
"You may, then," said her mother; "and I think you will understand their value better after you have been."
Just then John and Hugh came in from school, and guessing what their mother and sisters were engaged in, they suddenly disappeared; at which Mrs. Headley did not look surprised, nor did she either when they re-entered with her rag-bag, a large cardboard box, and a small parcel.
Minnie threw down her work and jumped up to examine this new marvel; but John, who liked to tease her, kept his intentions to himself, and taking a pair of scissors, bent down his head into the box, and was soon absorbed.
Hugh, who was less particular, opened the parcel, and drew out a piece of bright-patterned cretonne.
"Oh, how lovely!" exclaimed his little sister, leaning over the table. "What are you going to do, Hugh?"