See how sunshiny and satiny they are?
Cousin Carl gave me a photograph of the cottage, and I fastened the buttercups here on the side.

I couldn't offer such a little gift to some people, but Miss Allison is the kind that appreciates the thought that prompts a gift more than the thing itself." There were a few more photographs, a handkerchief for Mom Beck, and a string of cheap Venetian beads for May Lily.

The most expensive article in the collection was a little mosaic pin for her Cousin Hetty.

"I got that in Venice," said Betty.

"Cousin Hetty hasn't a single piece of jewelry to her name, and she never gets any presents but plain, useful things, so I am sure she will be pleased." Lloyd turned away, thinking of the great contrast between her gifts and Betty's, and wishing that she had not made such a display of hers.
"If I were in Betty's place," she said to herself, "I'd be so jealous of me that I could hardly stand it.