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If she could find one with a nice motto it surely would n't be very hard to turn around and lay it on Johnny 's desk . The more she thought about it , the more feasible the plan seemed . Sunday afternoon she went upstairs and shook a nickel out of her bank which she invested in candy hearts the next morning , going downtown on her way to school -- a thing strictly forbidden in the Morton household . She did n't have a chance to look at them till she got home at noon , and then , alas , none of the mottoes seemed suitable . She could n't make up her mind to give him `` You 're my girl , '' or `` I love you , '' or `` Sweetheart mine , '' which appeared oftenest in flaming red letters on their tombstone surfaces . She decided to try again . That night she took another nickel out of her bank and bought more hearts the following morning .