“A name?” The orchard owner was deeply puzzled. “Let me finish this cup of coffee first and then I’ll come.”
“The name on the quilt block is Ella Hooper,” supplied Veve.
“And it’s in her own handwriting,” finished Connie.
Mr. Hooper completely forgot his coffee then. He gave the two girls his undivided attention.
“Let’s get this straight,” he said. “You have a quilt with my sister’s signature on it?”
“We aren’t sure,” Connie admitted. “But the name is the same as hers—Ella Hooper.”
“We’ll look at that quilt right now,” Mr. Hooper declared. “It’s barely possible the name may be Ella’s, because she liked to make coverlets and fancy work.”
The Brownies escorted the orchard owner back to the booth.
During their absence, Miss Gordon and the other girls had been examining the autograph quilt carefully. The date upon which the coverlet had been completed was stitched in the lower right-hand corner.