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Don't let's tell anybody until we've made a whole lot of money; and then we'll tell Grandma it's for the Dunns, and she'll be so surprised to think we could do it." "Where are the bottles?" asked Stella. "I can finish up the labels, while you girls are filling the bottles and tying the corks in." "Let's tie kid over the top," suggested Molly, "like perfume bottles, you know.
After this, when you feel inclined to such energetic measures, come home first and ask permission. Then, if the plan seems to me feasible, you can carry it out." "But, Grandma," said Marjorie, "the Dunns really need help. They can't seem to do anything and they haven't anything to do with." "But you're too young, my child, to know what they do need.
It didn't do me any harm," with a chuckle. "I wouldn't have missed that little beat up the bay with Marm Dunn for a good deal. For a spell there we was bows abreast, and 'twas hard to tell who'd turn the mark first. Heard from the Dunns lately?" "No. Why, yes, I did hear that they were in a tighter box than ever, financially. The smash will come pretty soon." "I'm sorry.
The Dunns occupied a small, brown-stone house on Fifth Avenue, somewhat old-fashioned, but eminently respectable. The paintings and bronzes were as numerous as those in the Warren apartment, and if the taste shown in their selection was not that of Rodgers Warren, the connoisseur, they made quite as much show, and the effect upon Captain Elisha was the same.
You'll forgive me, Miss Warren, I hope, for putting it so bluntly; but I thought it best to avoid every possible misunderstanding." It was blunt, beyond doubt. Even Captain Elisha winced at the word "penniless." Stephen muttered under his breath and turned his back. Caroline, swaying, put a hand on the table to steady herself. The Dunns looked at each other. "Thank you, Mr.
I think, Grandma, that since Midge has earned this herself, she and the other girls ought to have the pleasure of spending it for the Dunns, in any way they choose." Grandma agreed with Uncle Steve in this matter, and the result was that the next day he took the three girls to town to spend their hard-earned money.
Elfelt's pew vacant, the Shreves' vacant, the Dunns', and the Quackenboss'; not one of the Herricks, Messengers, nor Livingstons there; you'll not catch me there again with only such a common crowd; it is high time Dr.
I don't know much about it, because our family and theirs have drifted apart since they moved." "Humph! I imagine whatever the pan-out it will be welcome. The Dunns are dangerously close to the ragged edge; everybody has been on to that for some time. And it takes a few ducats to keep Mal going. He's no Uncle Russell when it comes to putting by for the rainy day."
"Slightly. I've met them, at mutual acquaintances' homes and about town." "Pretty well fixed, I s'pose, ain't they?" "I presume so. I don't know." "Um. He's a sociable young feller, ain't he? Don't stand on any ceremony, hey? Caro and Steve think a lot of him and his mother." "Yes. Graves has told me the Dunns were very intimate with the Warrens.
It was always fun to go anywhere with Uncle Steve, and this occasion was a particularly joyful one, for it combined the elements of a charitable excursion and a holiday beside. They drove first to a large shop, where they bought some clothes for the Dunns. The girls thought that a few pretty garments, as well as useful ones, would be the nicest way to use their money.
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