Margaret giggled at this and took up her dress to go out of the room.
“I thank you both very much,” she said hurrying away to show her mother how pretty the new dress looked finished.
“Sir Bodkin and the Crewel One are very fine friends for my little daughter to have. How charming your dress looks now it is trimmed with that scarlet chain-stitching!” said her mother.
“We had a ‘Crewel Frolic,’” laughed Margaret catching the punning habit from her One-Eyed friends. “And I certainly think they say comical things, don’t you?”
“Yes,” answered her mother, “they are very wonderful, indeed.”
CHAPTER XVI MARGARET MAKES BUTTON HOLES
“Oh, Mother dear, we’re going on the most wonderful hike to-morrow! Are my new bloomers ready to wear?” cried Margaret one afternoon as she ran into the house after school.
“They are finished except the buttonholes, which I am about to cut and make now,” her mother replied.
Then the telephone bell rang and Mrs. Allen was obliged to talk about something so important that Margaret knew it might take up a good deal of time before dinner.