Campbell had given her
a splendid opening, and she plunged wildly in at once, rattling
her explanation off nervously with trembling voice and flushed
cheeks.
"No, it's our Mission Band autograph quilt, Mr. Campbell. There
are to be as many squares in it as there are members in the Band.
Each one has a square and is collecting names for it. If you want
to have your name on the quilt you pay five cents, and if you want
to have it right in the round spot in the middle of the square you
must pay ten cents. Then when we have got all the names we can we
will embroider them on the squares. The money is to go to the
little girl our Band is supporting in Korea. I heard that nobody
had asked you, so I thought perhaps you would give me your name
for my square."
Mr. Campbell drew his black brows together in a scowl.
"Stuff and nonsense!" he exclaimed angrily. "I don't believe in
Foreign Missions--don't believe in them at all. I never give a
cent to them."
"Five cents isn't a very large sum," said Cecily earnestly.
Mr. Campbell's scowl disappeared and he laughed.
"It wouldn't break me," he admitted, "but it's the principle of
the thing. And as for that Mission Band of yours, if it wasn't
for the fun you get out of it, catch one of you belonging.
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