But she 'll take anything else . I shall give her my string of blue beads . She 's fond of finery . '' `` I 'll give her that sponge cake I made this morning , '' said Felicity . `` I guess she does n't get sponge cake very often . '' `` I 've nothing but the rheumatism ring I got as a premium for selling needles last winter , '' said Peter . `` I 'll give her that . Even if she has n't got rheumatism it 's a real handsome ring . It looks like solid gold . '' `` I 'll give her a roll of peppermint candy , '' said Felix . `` I 'll give one of those little jars of cherry preserve I made , '' said Cecily . `` I wo n't go near her , '' quavered Sara Ray , `` but I want to do something for Pat , and I 'll send that piece of apple leaf lace I knit last week . '' I decided to give the redoubtable Peg some apples from my birthday tree , and Dan declared he would give her a plug of tobacco . `` Oh , wo n't she be insulted ? '' exclaimed Felix , rather horrified . `` Naw , '' grinned Dan . `` Peg chews tobacco like a man . She 'd rather have it than your rubbishy peppermints , I can tell you . I 'll run down to old Mrs. Sampson 's and get a plug . '' `` Now , we must write the letter and take it and the presents to her right away , before it gets dark , '' said the Story Girl .
We adjourned XXXXX the granary to indite the important document , which the Story Girl was to compose .
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