Dorrie , darling , what if it should be a -- a -- present of some sort or other ! '' `` I suppose it ca n't be anything else , '' smiled Doris . She knew that Penelope had started out to say `` a new dress . '' She cut the strings and removed the wrappings . Both girls stared . `` Is it -- it is n't -- yes , it is ! Doris Hunter , I believe it 's an old quilt ! '' Doris unfolded the odd present with a queer feeling of disappointment . She did not know just what she had expected the package to contain , but certainly not this . She laughed a little shakily . `` Well , we ca n't say after this that Aunt Adella never gave us anything , '' she said , when she had opened her letter . `` Listen , Penelope . '' My Dear Doris : I have decided to give up housekeeping and go out West to live with Robert . So I am disposing of such of the family heirlooms as I do not wish to take with me . I am sending you by express your Grandmother Hunter 's silk quilt . It is a handsome article still and I hope you will prize it as you should . It took your grandmother five years to make it . There is a bit of the wedding dress of every member of the family in it . Love to Penelope and yourself . Your affectionate aunt , Adella Hunter .
`` I do n't see its beauty , '' said XXXXX with a grimace .
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