"Never mind," Charlie went on. "These kids wouldn't buy anything anyhow;
they haven't any money. Wait till the big folks come." Charlie spoke of
the "kids" as if he were about twenty years old himself. He seemed to
have become much bigger and more important since helping Bunny and Sue
fix up Mrs. Golden's windows.
And, surely enough, a few minutes later men and women began to stop to
look at the windows of the little corner store. And the men and women
at first looked not at the oatmeal but at the other window.
"It's making a big hit!" said Bunny Brown. He had learned this saying at
the time when he and his sister Sue gave a show.
By this time quite a crowd had gathered in the street outside, and there
was some talk and laughter which was heard inside the store. It was even
heard in the back room where Mrs. Golden had gone to lie down, and it
aroused her from her doze.
"Well, children," she said, as she came slowly out, "have you got the
windows washed, and the special sale of oatmeal started?"
"Yes, everything is all ready," answered Bunny, with a sly look at his
sister and Charlie.
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