I came across them just
now in looking for some green silk she said I might have to cover
Hilary's pin-cushion with."
"For the new room? Patience has been doing the honors of the new paper
and matting--it's going to be lovely, I think."
Pauline scrambled to her feet, shaking out the chintz: "If only mother
would--it's pink and green--let's go ask her."
"What do you want to do with it, Pauline?" Mrs. Shaw asked.
"I haven't thought that far--use it for draperies of some kind, I
suppose," the girl answered.
They were standing in the middle of the big, empty room. Suddenly,
Josie gave a quick exclamation, pointing to the bare corner between the
front and side windows. "Wouldn't a cozy corner be delightful--with
cover and cushions of the chintz?"
"May we, mother?" Pauline begged in a coaxing tone.
"I suppose so, dear--only where is the bench part to come from?"
"Tom'll make the frame for it, I'll go get him this minute," Josie
answered.
"And you might use that single mattress from up garret," Mrs. Shaw
suggested.
Pauline ran up to inspect it, and to see what other treasures might be
forthcoming. The garret was a big, shadowy place, extending over the
whole house, and was lumber room, play place and general refuge, all in
one.
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