What might have seemed work, had they been doing it for some one
else, was play to the children then; and Midge and Molly carefully
strained their precious extract from the leaves and bottled it and
corked it with care. They tied neatly the bits of old gloves over
the corks, though it was not an easy task, and when finished did
not present quite the appearance of daintily-topped perfume
bottles.

And Stella's labels, though really good work for a little girl of
eleven, were rather amateurish. But the three business partners
considered the labels admirable works of art, and pasted them on
the bottles with undisguised pride. Though pennyroyal was spelled
with one n, they didn't notice it, and the finished wares seemed
to them a perfect result of skilled labor.

"Now," said Marjorie, as she sat with her chin in her hands,
gazing proudly at the tableful of bottles, "it's dinner-time.
Let's all go home, and then this afternoon, after we're dressed,
let's come here and get the bottles, and each take a basketful,
and go and sell them."

"We'll all go together, won't we?" asked Stella, whose shyness
stood sadly in the way of her being a successful saleswoman.

"Yes, if you like," said Marjorie; "we'd get along faster by going
separately; but it will be more fun to go together, so that's what
we'll do."

About two o'clock, the three met again at "Breezy Inn." Each was