"What is it, dear? Anything, e'en to the half of my kingdom,"
laughingly replied her Aunt.

"Why, I'd love to have several rag rugs like those in your bedroom,
which you call 'New Colonial' rugs."

"Certainly, my dear. They are easily made from carpet rags. I have
already planned in my mind a pretty rag rug for you, to be made from
your old, garnet merino shirtwaist, combined with your discarded
cravenette stormcoat.

"And you'll need some pretty quilts, also," said her Aunt.

"I particularly admire the tree quilts," said Mary.

"You may have any one you choose; the one called 'Tree of Paradise,'
another called 'Pineapple Design,' which was originally a border to
'Fleur de lis' quilt or 'Pine Tree,' and still another called 'Tree of
Life,' and 'The Lost Rose in the Wilderness.'"

"They are all so odd," said Mary, "I scarcely know which one I think
prettiest."

"All are old-fashioned quilts, which I prize highly," continued her
Aunt. "Several I pieced together when a small girl, I think old-time
patchwork too pretty and useful an accomplishment to have gone out of
fashion.

"You shall have a small stand cover like the one you admired so