"
Max had left the room, and Zoe, drawing nearer to Lulu, exclaimed at the
beauty of her work.
"Why, I never should have dreamed you could do it so well!" she said. "I
don't believe I could."
Lulu's face flushed with pleasure, but she said modestly, "Perhaps you'd
find, if you should try, that you could do it better; you do everything
else better than I do."
"Quite a mistake," returned Zoe, "though I ought to, as I'm so much older.
But there, I dare say Max is ready and waiting for me, so good-by."
They met in the lower hall. "All ready, Max?" she asked.
"Yes--no; I must ask leave," and he ran into the parlor where the ladies
of the family were sitting.
It was of Grandma Elsie he asked permission, and it was given at once.
"Thank you, ma'am," he said. "Can I do anything for you in the town,
ladies?"
"Yes," said Violet, "I have just broken a crochet needle. You may get me
one to replace it."
She went on to give him directions about the size and where he would be
likely to find it; then taking some money from her purse, "This is sure to
be more than enough," she said, "but you may keep the change.
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