"Is you mad?" asked Sue, for there was a queer look on Tommie's face.
"No, not exactly mad, Sue," said Tommie slowly. "But I don't know what to do. I know you meant to be kind, and good to old Miss Hollyhock; but what am I to do about the things for Mrs. Jones? I can't very well go and take them away from old Miss Hollyhock, for she must think that some of her friends sent them, as they often do. It wouldn't do to take them away."
"Oh, no! You musn't take 'em away from her, after we gave 'em to her," said Bunny. "That would make her feel bad."
"And she feels bad now, 'cause she's poor," put in Sue. "She's hungry, too, maybe."
"Yes, I guess she is," agreed Tommie. "Well, I don't know what to do. If I go back to the store to get more things for Mrs. Jones, Mr. Gordon will want to know what became of the basketful I had. And old Miss Hollyhock has them. Well—"
"Oh, I know what to do!" cried Bunny.
"What?" asked Tommie.
"You go to my house," said the little boy, "and my mamma will give you money to buy more groceries for Mrs. Jones. Then old Miss Hollyhock can keep the ones Sue and me give her. Won't that be all right?"
"Yes, I s'pose it will if your mother gives me the money," answered Tommie slowly.
"She won't have to give you the money," said Sue. "We don't pay money for groceries anyhow; we charge 'em."