Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11

own.
I've got $50" Laura said. 1--WE
been saving it for n new rug. you
know-one of those lovely Wiltons.
but they are still a hundred"
I've got $35," interrupted Nina.
II intended TO use 1t for a new suit
but my old one looks so we'll since |
had 1t cleaned"
I've got $1OO.' declared Dolly.
I've been saving il, a. dollar a. week
out of my housekeeping allowance for
a davenport Well. this is my idea
Let's pool our money and buy that
lot of old Griffin"
But s1s5 won't buy it" cried
Nina.
NO, But YOU see all the other
women on the street must be per
suaded to pool with us. Let 3 see
she counted rapidly" There's tho
Scott girls and Celia Burnes and Ruth
Pearce-Im sure they will all come
in on this deal. for they feel just as
we do about the lot. There are 10
of us all told. We ought to- he able
to rake up 5000 among us. Then weIl
go to MIR. Griffin and lay down tn"
price. And then"
And so 1t came about that the ueNt
morning Dolly. heading a small dele
CATION, went to see Mr.. Griffin where
he sat on his own great veranda
overlooking the town that had made
him rich. His surprise was great.
but he had to accept his own price
So being a lawyer he drew up the
deed then and there, transferring the
property To-
THE Pull Together Club Dolly
said with another flash of inspiration
That afternoon the club members
met for an active session. They cut
and burned. moved, swept and gar
nished
/ Let $ turn It into n flower garden
Nina said. Lets make it just as
beautiful as 1t has been ugly"
I 1t was May the proper time for
gardening. Next day Amos Davis
came with his old white horse and
plowed the soil. fulTow upon furrow.
/ Mighty good ground" he com
mented as the great clods turned off
the point of his pillow
After that the club held morning
and evening sessions az well as after.
noon ones They worked with fer
/ tilizer. spacing fork. trowel and hoe
each intent on doing her share They
chartered. laughed and played in the
dirt like little girls. 1t was good for
them. too. Even delicate Emmy
I Weeks. who had grown pale over her
inceSsant embroidery. began to show
color in her face.
/ Instead of having 10 individual
plots. the club worked together IN
unison. Laura. who had hit of
landscape gardening in her school
work. drew bea utiful design and the
garden was laid out accordingly.
| Almost from the first results he
| gan to he noted. In q month the gar
den promised nightly. In two
months it bloomed profusely BY AI-
| gust 1t was a glory and delight. Eve
nings there was q string of cars and
people moving past TO see the most
beautiful spot in town.
/ One day Il representative of the
Town Taller sauntered up with note
/ book and camera and the following
week there was "a full page of pho
togiaphs and explanations cnocerning
the Pull-Together Club and it's
achievement
1t was all very gratifying. but the
fact remained that it was hard work
I've reduced 10 pounds" Laura
said ''Of course. that pleases me.
but I've had to- let a lot of my work
go TO tend this garden"
The greater part of the PullTo.
gether Club were half-heartedly gath
erlng seeds and preparing for a bon
fire one fine afternoon when Dolly
came rushing in. Her cheeks were
glowing. her eyes shining. For once
she was beautiful
! "Oh, girls she cried. I've the
greatest news for you. Listen. Mrs.
Penny-Mrs. Gilbert A. Penny-1nst
called me up on the telephone. She
Will be here in few minutes to see
you. Girls She wants to buy this
lot. She's"
Buy this LOTT Nina looked at
Laura. They had never dreamed that
anybody would want to buy 1t. And
she could see from the faces of thc
others that they had felt the same.
Mrs. Penny was handsome. elder.
ly woman in a Paquin suit.
You see" she said. "sinCe the chill
dren are all married the old house on
the hill is too big and too lonesome
Tor me. 1t Is my wish to build a bun
SalCW in which Ellen, my faithful
maid. can do the work alone, If Won
VIII let me have this lot / will gladly
give YOU eighteen hundred dollars
for it,
Eighteen hundred dollars, or
course they did not hold back for y
minute.
When they had divided the monev
each woman possessed a bank book
with nice little sum to her credit.
And to think Nina said. "tha;
she is going to put up Spanish bun.
galow. And I've our neighbor, That $
best of ALL think. to have Mrs
Penny for a neighbor,,'
That's the way | feel about !, =,
Laura replied. 1--WE ALWAYS lonped
to know her, hut she was 'vav nm
there and we down here. Now she
VIII ne one of us and we must make
her welcome"
'She says" Dolly continued ".ba,
we've already given her the best re,
come by preparing an ideal spot fo,
her wherein she can build the little
house of her dreams