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Then Jane came again with the pretty tray of supper, and after
that Grandma and Marjorie had a nice little twilight talk, and
then the little girl was tucked up for the night, and soon fell
asleep.
When she woke the next morning and lay quietly in bed thinking
over of the events of the day before, she came to the conclusion
that everybody had been very kind to her, but that she couldn't
expect so much attention every day. So she made up her mind that
when she had to spend hours alone, she would try to be good and
patient and not trouble Grandma more than she could help.
Then she thought of the written list her mother had given her. She
smiled to think how easy it was now to keep those commands. "Of
course," she thought, "I can keep my hands clean and my hair tidy
here, for Grandma looks after that herself; and, of course, I
can't help obeying her while I'm here, for she doesn't command me
to do anything, and I couldn't do it if she did."
Molly came again that morning, and as Grandma had asked her to
stay to dinner with Marjorie, the girls prepared for a good
morning's play.
It was astonishing how many lovely things there were to play, even
when one of the players couldn't move about.
Molly had brought over her paper-doll's house, and as it was quite
different from anything Marjorie had ever seen before, she
wondered if she couldn't make one for herself, and so double the
fun of the game.
Grandma was consulted, but it was Uncle Steve who brought them the
necessary materials to carry out their plan.
A paper-doll's house is quite different from the other kind of a
doll's house, and Molly's was made of a large blankbook.
So Uncle Steve brought a blankbook almost exactly like it for
Marjorie, and then he brought her scissors, and paste, and several
catalogues which had come from the great shops in the city. He
brought, too, a pile of magazines and papers, which were crammed
full of illustrated advertisements.
The two little girls set busily to work, and soon they had cut out
a quantity of chairs, tables, beds, and furniture of all sorts
from the pictured pages.
These they pasted in the book. Each page was a room, and in the
room were arranged appropriate furniture and ornaments.
The parlor had beautiful and elaborate furniture, rugs, pictures,
bric-a-brac, and even lace curtains at the windows. The library
had beautiful bookcases, writing-desk, reading-table and a lamp,
easy-chairs, and everything that belongs in a well-ordered
library.
The dining-room was fully furnished, and the kitchen contained
everything necessary to the satisfaction of the most exacting
cook.
The bedrooms were beautiful with dainty brass beds, chintz-covered
furniture, and dressing-tables fitted out with all sorts of toilet
equipments.
All of these things were found in the catalogues and the magazine
advertisements; and in addition to the rooms mentioned, there were
halls, a nursery, playroom, and pleasant verandas fitted up with
hammocks and porch furniture.
Of course it required some imagination to think that these rooms
were in the shape of a house, and not just leaves of a book, but
both Midge and Molly had plenty of imagination, and besides it was
very practical fun to cut out the things, and arrange them in
their places. Sometimes it was necessary to use a pencil to draw
in any necessary article that might be missing; but usually
everything desired could be found, from potted palms to a baby
carriage.
Marjorie grew absorbed in the work, for she dearly loved to make
things, and her ingenuity suggested many improvements on Molly's
original house.
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