Six heavily laden lunch hampers already had been loaded into the cars.
Veve spied Miss Gordon putting in another large, squarish package which did not look as if it contained anything to eat.
“What’s in that one?” the little girl asked curiously.
Miss Gordon only smiled.
“Surprise,” she hinted mysteriously. “Wait until lunch time. Then you’ll see!”
CHAPTER 6
A Missing Coverlet
VEVE was happy as a lark, humming a Brownie song as she stripped cherries into her pail. Now that she had learned the trick of pulling the fruit from the trees, it was much easier for her to keep up with the other pickers.
Furthermore, she had a secret! In fact, two of them.
“What makes you so chirpy this morning?” demanded Connie, who was picking in the next tree.