"Well, you mustn't count me in," said Mary Brooks. "I've spent all my November allowance already, and besides, I hate pins. The pretty ones get lost the first thing, and the homely ones just lie around till they're too tarnished to wear. Anyway, I have six now, or I should have if they weren't mostly lost--or lent," concluded Mary, smiling absently as she thought of the whereabouts of some of the absentees.