Just as she put the bank in its place on the mantel, Mrs. Bountiful came in. “Why, dear,” said she, “what a saving little girl you are; I haven’t given you any money in a long time; here is a dollar.”
“Oh, thank you,” said Tiny, “but you have been so good to me, I don’t like——”
“Never mind, dear,” said the little lady. “Come, it’s time to go to school.”
“I’ll be ready in a minute, as soon as I get my books.”
“Here is a banana for recess,” said Mrs. Bountiful, following her and kissing her good-by.
On her way out as Tiny passed the mantel, she quickly slipped her bank into her school-bag.
“Good-by, all,” said she.
She could scarcely wait for the time to come for her to go shopping, and it seemed almost a week until Miss Spectacles nodded her head that she might be dismissed.
On her way to the store, she would put her hand in her school-bag every once in a while to see if the bank was safe.
She had been to the Globe Department Store with Mrs. Bountiful more than once.