“I really have no use for this, although it is a handsome quilt,” he said. “The twenty-five dollars is my contribution to the organization. Keep the quilt, or if you like, put it up and auction it off again.”
The Brownies all gathered around Miss Gordon.
“Keep the quilt!” they urged. “Keep it!”
“Yes, that’s just what we will do,” Miss Gordon nodded. “Our organization will treasure it always. However, it hardly seems right to accept twenty-five dollars without giving something in return.”
“But you have given me something. Two excellent pieces of cherry pie.” Mr. McLean became serious. “And you’ve also planted an idea in my mind. A very valuable idea.”
Miss Gordon did not understand.
“What sort of idea, Mr. McLean?”
“Your cherry festival made me think that it might be worth while to have a large-scale affair—one in which the entire city takes part.”
“Oh, that would be splendid!” Miss Gordon exclaimed.