"The expense will be only a trifle; I suppose Mr. Hunter will do the printing," replied Miss Sawyer.
"Of course," said Mrs. Tweedie, in a positive way that the ladies did not like, because Mr. Hunter was Mrs. Tweedie's cousin, a descendant of the famous ancestor. "And now," she continued, "is there anything else that has not been attended to?"
"Has the hall been hired?" asked Mrs. Jones.
"Really!" exclaimed Miss Sawyer, "I had wholly forgotten it!"
"You'd better get after it quick, or some of the men folks will get ahead of us with some kind of a political meetin'," said Mrs. Stout. "Then we'll have to 'stoop to conquer' all right."
"You will attend to the matter to-day, Miss Sawyer?" Mrs. Tweedie asked, and upon receiving an affirmative nod continued, "And now, if there is—"
"Oh," interrupted Mrs. Jones, "what shall we do about Mr. Flint? He is so firmly opposed to our entertainment that—"
"He's our advertisin' agent," remarked Mrs. Stout, irreverently.
"What can we do?" said Miss Sawyer.
"What can he do?" asked Fanny.