Do you see all these things
on my shelves?" she asked.
The children looked around at them and nodded their heads.
"To get them I have to buy them from other people--from the wholesalers,
as they are called," explained Mrs. Golden. "The Grocery Supply Company
is one of them. I buy barrels of sugar, barrels of flour, big boxes of
prunes, and so on, from this company. Then I sell a few pounds of sugar,
flour or prunes at a time and make a little money each time I sell. You
see I don't pay as much for the flour and sugar as I sell it for. The
difference in price comes to me, and is what I live on, and sometimes
it's little enough.
"And now the trouble is I have bought a great many things from this Mr.
Flynt's company, and I haven't the money to pay for them. That's why
he's cross. He has a right to his money, but I haven't it to give him."
"Why not?" Bunny asked.
"Well, because I don't sell very much in my little store. If I sold more
I'd have the money to pay my bills."
"Oh, Bunny, I know what we can do!" cried Sue.
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