noon
Because they are marked and abused some I get the whole outfit for two dollars . I can erase most of the marks , paste down the covers , and fix them so they look better . But I must hurry to the joy part . I did n't stop to eat , at noon , I just ran to the Bird Woman 's , and I had lunch with her . It was salad , hot chocolate , and lovely things , and she wants to buy most every old scrap I ever gathered . She wants dragonflies , moths , butterflies , and he -- the banker , I mean -- wants everything Indian . This very night she came to the swamp with me and took away enough stuff to pay for the books and tuition , and to-morrow she is going to buy some more . ''