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 *panions. "They look like Mother Gooses, or perhaps they are somebody's fairy godmothers."

"What are they doing?"

The lady and the little girl and the doll seated themselves, and each drew from a red work-bag, suspended from her belt, bits of red material at which she began to sew.

Presently it became evident that the three were making dolls' gowns of all sizes.

As they worked, the girls examined them curiously.

"They have badges," whispered Janie. "They seem to be small gold letters dangling from chains fastened to a pin. The pin looks like a gold key."

Presently the garments received the finishing touches. Then the small girl drew from her