`` But I 'm glad I left the cake with her , '' she said resolutely . `` Poor little thing ! It means so much to her . It meant only ' a good feed , ' as Josie says , to me . I 'm simply going to make it my business next term to be good friends with the other Ida Mitchell . I 'm afraid we third-year girls are very self-centred and selfish . And I know what I 'll do ! I 'll write to Abby Morton in Trenton to send me Mrs. Henderson 's address , and I 'll write her a letter and ask her not to let Ida know she did n't send the cake . '' Ida went into a confectionery store and invested in what Josie Pye was wont to call `` ready-to-wear eatables '' -- fancy cakes , fruit , and candies . When she reached her room she found it full of expectant girls , with Miss Monroe enthroned in the midst of them -- Miss Monroe in a wonderful evening dress of black lace and yellow silk , with roses in her hair and pearls on her neck -- all donned in honour of Ida 's little celebration . I wo n't say that , just for a moment , Ida did n't regret that she had given up her cake . `` Good evening , Miss Mitchell , '' cried Mary Craig gaily . `` Walk right in and make yourself at home in your own room , do ! We all met in the hall , and knocked and knocked . Finally Miss Monroe came , so we made bold to walk right in . Where is the only and original fruit cake , Ida ? My mouth has been watering all day . '' `` The other Ida Mitchell is probably entertaining her friends at this moment with my fruit cake , '' said Ida , with a little laugh . Then she told the whole story . `` I 'm so sorry to disappoint you , '' she concluded , `` but I simply could n't tell that poor , lonely child that the cake was n't intended for her .
I 've brought all the goodies home XXXXX me that I could buy , and we 'll have to do the best we can without the fruit cake . ''
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