I shall contribute green satin ribbon for an immense bow on the side of the basket.

Oh! Aunt Sarah! You've forgotten all about this odd, woven basket, beside the what-not, filled with sea shells.

I don't care for the shells, but the basket would make a lovely sewing basket." "You may have the basket, Mary, if you like it.

It came from Panama, or perhaps it was bought at Aspinwall by John's Uncle, many years ago, when he came home on a visit from California, by way of the Isthmus, to visit old friends and relatives.

John's Mother always kept it standing on the floor in one corner of the room beside the what-not." "Aunt Sarah, why was straw ever put under this carpet ?" "The straw was put there, my dear, to save the carpet, should the boards on the floor be uneven.