Eileen Webber and Jane Tuttle, the other two girls who made up the Rosedale Brownie Scout troop, nodded sober agreement.
Miss Jean Gordon, the Brownie leader, had suggested weeks before that the girls sew and sell the quilt to raise money.
No one wanted to be disloyal or lazy. But the girls had stitched steadily for nearly six meetings now. Even for Connie and Rosemary, who liked to sew, the task was becoming a bit tiresome.
“How else could we make money?” speculated Jane. She folded her patchwork and gazed thoughtfully at Veve.
“W-e-ll—” Veve was unprepared for the question. “We could tend babies maybe. Or run errands.”
“Everyone thinks we’re too young to look after babies—for pay, that is!” returned Jane, tossing her long, yellow pigtails.
“And folks always forget to offer money when you do something for them,” added Eileen.
“Well, there must be some way we could earn money,” Veve insisted. “Maybe there’s an advertisement in the paper.”
Taking the afternoon paper from the table, she spread it out before her on the rug.