"The Merry Hearts" spent Saturday afternoon shopping in small and mysterious parties of ones and twos. No one but Eleanor had much money to spend, and Eleanor felt that it would not be in good taste for her to spend much, except for Betty's tortoise. But all the trifles added together made almost an embarrassment of riches for the mistress of ceremonies, who, as soon as Monday's breakfast was over, ordered them piled on the ground near the Easter tree, and then banished everybody but Madeline from the back-yard.