“said Louise joyously, looking at her sister with shining eyes.“I didn’t do it,” said Cornelia, smiling. “He came of his own accord and seems awfully interested.”“Well, it’s because you’re here, of course; that makes all the difference in the world.”“Thank you, Louie,” said her sister, stooping to kiss the warm cheek lovingly.“Now,” said Louise, pulling off her clean middy blouse and starting upstairs, “what do you want me to do first?”“Well, I thought maybe you’d like to dust these books and pu...t them in the bookcase, dear. Then they’ll be out of our way.”Louise was rapidly buttoning herself into her old gingham work dress when Cornelia came hurriedly from the kitchen and called up the stairs, a note of dismay in her voice.“Louie, I don’t suppose you happen to know who owns this house, do you? It’s just occurred to me we’ll have to ask permission to build a fireplace, and that may upset the whole thing. Maybe the owner won’t want an amateur to build a fireplace in his house.”“Oh, that’s all right,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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