"Ha, ha!" laughed the provoking Perry. "Better be called 'Willing Idlers.' Class collection last month, thirty-five cents! That's a good one! I'd parade the name."
"Well," said Lewie Amesbury. "I was ashamed. Can't we do better next quarter? Let's pledge ourselves to do more."
"How much more?"
"Oh, make it the biggest of all!" said Perry.
"Suppose we calculate a little," said Lewie. "There are six of us, and twelve Sundays in quarter. Suppose we each give five cents a week—five times twelve are sixty, and six times sixty are three hundred and sixty. Three dollars and sixty cents! That would do. Miss Wynn would make it up to four dollars."
"Better make it up ourselves," said some one.
"Well, let's do it! All in favour of giving four dollars next quarter, say I."
There were fire prompt "I's."
"Arthur Knapp, why didn't you vote?" was asked.
"Because I am not sure that I can give so much," was the timid reply.