`` Indeed , no ! I saw the prize offer , but I 'd never dream of competing for it . I think it would be perfectly disgraceful to write a story to advertise a baking powder . It would be almost as bad as Judson Parker 's patent medicine fence . '' So spake Anne loftily , little dreaming of the valley of humiliation awaiting her . That very evening Diana popped into the porch gable , bright-eyed and rosy cheeked , carrying a letter . `` Oh , Anne , here 's a letter for you . I was at the office , so I thought I 'd bring it along . Do open it quick . If it is what I believe it is I shall just be wild with delight . '' Anne , puzzled , opened the letter and glanced over the typewritten contents . Miss Anne Shirley , Green Gables , Avonlea , P.E. Island . `` DEAR MADAM : We have much pleasure in informing you that your charming story ` Averil 's Atonement ' has won the prize of twenty-five dollars offered in our recent competition . We enclose the check herewith . We are arranging for the publication of the story in several prominent Canadian newspapers , and we also intend to have it printed in pamphlet form for distribution among our patrons . Thanking you for the interest you have shown in our enterprise , we remain , `` Yours very truly , `` THE ROLLINGS RELIABLE `` BAKING POWDER Co. '' `` I do n't understand , '' said Anne , blankly . Diana clapped her hands . `` Oh , I KNEW it would win the prize -- I was sure of it . I sent your story into the competition , Anne . '' `` Diana -- Barry ! ''
`` Yes , I did , '' said XXXXX gleefully , perching herself on the bed .
Anne Averil Barry Canadian Diana Gables Parker ROLLINGS Shirley dollars