"Why?" said Joe. "She'll have everything she wants, too."
"Excepting the right person," said Judy.
"Well I don't care; it won't be you," said Joe; "so you may say what you like."
"I would if it was," said Judy.
But a chorus of laughter broke them off.
"Judy's next," said Norton. "I should like to hear what you will say, Judy."
"I should like to be a queen," said Judy.
"That's it! Go to the top at once. Well, you've got to show why. What would you do if you were a queen?"
"I'd put down all preaching and praying, and people's making fools of themselves with giving away their money to poor folks, and nursing sick folks, and all the rest of it."
"Why Judy!" exclaimed one or two. "You'd stop preaching?"