noon
Soon after breakfast the other booths -- for candy , sandwiches and ice-cream , household goods , embroidery , basketry , toys , and what not , -- were all arranged , and Miss Phillips threw open the doors . Dressed in their neat khaki uniforms , with spotless white aprons over their skirts , the Girl Scouts presented an attractive appearance ; and Captain Phillips , gazing about her critically , felt that she had reason to be proud of her girls and their accomplishments . The morning was not a particularly busy one ; only twenty or thirty people from the village , besides a few of the pupils and teachers , dropped in . Miss Phillips ' expression began to grow more anxious as the noon hour approached , and all the Scouts felt a trifle worried . When the clock struck twelve , Marjorie picked up her almost empty candy box for the tenth time to count the few coins that jingled forlornly when she shook it . She knew what the result would be -- she had sold only two articles-but she repeated the process hopefully , as if by some magic , the total might have increased . There were exactly two dollars .