smiling very much, "and I don't really care where you did get it.
Of course I want some, as it seems to be a very useful article,
and I'm quite liable to attacks of--measles."

Marjorie looked up quickly to see if this very pretty young lady
was not making fun of them, but she seemed to be very much in
earnest, and, indeed, was already selecting a bottle from each of
the three baskets.

"I'll take these three," she said; "how much are they?"

The girls looked at each other. Not once had it occurred to them
to consider what price they were to ask, and what to say they did
not know.

"Why," began Marjorie, "I should think--"

"Twenty-five cents apiece," said Molly, decidedly. She knew it was
a large price, considering that the extract cost nothing, but she
wanted to swell the charity funds.

"Well, that's very reasonable," said the young lady, who still
seemed very much amused; "I will give you the money at once," and
she took some change from a little gold purse which hung at her
belt. "But if I may advise you," she went on, "you'd better raise
your price. That's really too cheap for this most useful article."

The children were so astonished at this speech that they made no
reply, except to thank the kind young lady, and bid her good-by.