But the girls would not go until they had excitedly explained their success in selling Liberty Bonds.
"I'm disappointed, my dears," Mrs. Saunders said. "Hurt, too. You never thought of asking me."
The girls looked at her for the first time in the light of a customer.
"And what is more," Letty's mother added, taking advantage of the pause on the girls' part due to their surprise, "you can't sell me any tonight for it is too late."
"But we surely will tomorrow," Letty replied. "So let's be off to bed, Mary Lee."
CHAPTER XX
Preparing for Red Cross Work
Mary Lee and Letty permitted but a small part of the morning to pass before they brought up the subject of Mrs. Saunders' purchase.
"But, my dears, I'm not so sure that I care to buy from people who did not consider me a possible customer. I think I'll buy from someone who will give sufficient and proper importance to my purchase."
But the girls could not be put off so easily and it ended by Letty's mother laughingly agreeing to buy fifty bonds.