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Daisy's Jewel-Box, and How She Filled It
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"It would be perfectly1 splendid, and just what I long for, but I don't see how I can go with nothing[188] fit to wear," said Daisy, looking up from the letter in her hand, with a face full of girlish eagerness and anxiety.
Mrs. Field set every fear at rest with a reassuring2 smile, as she quietly made one of the sacrifices mothers think so small, when made for the dear creatures for whom they live.
"You shall go, dear; I have a little sum put by for an emergency. Twenty-five dollars will do a good deal, when tastes are simple and we do our own dressmaking."
"But mother, that was for your cloak. You need it so much I can't bear to have you give it up," said sober little Jane, the home-girl, who never cared for visiting like her gay elder sister.
"Hush3, dear; I can do very well with a shawl over my old sack. Don't say a word to spoil Daisy's pleasure. She needs a change after this dull autumn, and must be neat and nice."
Janey said no more, and fell to thinking what she had to offer Daisy; for both took great pride in the pretty girl, who was the queen among her young friends.
Daisy heard, but was so busy re-reading the letter that she took no notice then, though she recalled the words later.
"Come and pass the holidays with us. We all want to see you, and Laura begs you will not disappoint her."
This was the invitation that came from Laura's mother; for the two girls had struck up a great friendship[189] during the summer the city family passed in the little country town where Daisy lived. She had ardently4 hoped that Laura would not forget the charming plan, and now the cordial message came, just when the season would be gayest in town.
"I suppose I must have the everlasting5 white muslin for a party dress, as that is the cheapest thing a girl can wear. A nun's-veiling is what I long for, but I'm afraid we can't afford it," she said with a sigh, coming back from visions of city delights to the all-important question of dress.
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