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`` And I traded my turn to Allison , if she would let me use all the purple and yellow paint I want in her paint-box , while I am making my Princess Pansy 's ball dress , '' said Elise . Mrs. Walton smiled at the transfer of rights . The little girls had an arrangement by which they took turns in using the cart certain days in the week , when Ranald did not want to ride his Filipino pony . `` Whoever has it to-day may do an errand for me , '' Mrs. Walton said , adding , as she turned toward the house , `` Do you know that Lloyd and Betty are coming on the three o'clock train this afternoon ? '' `` Then I do n't want the pony-cart , '' exclaimed Allison , quickly . `` I 'm going down to the depot to meet them . '' The depot was in sight of The Beeches , not more than three minutes ' walk distant .