"Come on, let's play
jackstones."
"Haven't any," answered Nellie Yarrow, a little girl a year or so
older than Sister. "All I have left is my ball."
"Well, get that and we can play," Sister told her. "I've found
something we can use--see!"
Nellie admired the collar buttons immensely and thought it would
be great fun to play with them. She ran and got her ball and the
two little friends sat down on the concrete walk to play
jackstones, heedless of the hot morning sun.
Sister had won one game and Nellie two, when they heard Louise
calling.
"Sister! Sister! Where are you? If you want to help fix the
fishpond, you'll have to come right away."
Sister stuffed the buttons in her pocket and ran home, eager to
see what Louise and Brother had bought.
CHAPTER IV
PARTY PREPARATIONS
When Mother Morrison had suggested a fishpond for the party,
Louise and Grace had protested.
"Oh, Mother!" they cried. "That's so old!"
"But the children like it," said Mother Morrison mildly.
"It's fun," urged Brother. "It's fun to fish over the table and
catch something!"
Sister, too, had asked for the pond, so it was decided to have
one. Louise and Grace might not care for such things at their
birthday parties, but this, as Sister said, was "different.
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