Nid and Nod

NID AND NOD
BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
Author of “The Crimson Sweater,” “Harry’s Island,” “Team-Mates,” “The Turner Twins,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY C. M. RELYEA
THE CENTURY CO. New York and London 1923
Copyright, 1923, by The Century Co.
PRINTED IN U. S. A.

NID AND NOD


A bell tinkled as the door of the little blue shop opened and closed, and continued to tinkle, although decreasingly, as the stout youth who had entered turned unhesitatingly but with a kind of impressive dignity toward where in the dimmer light of the store a recently installed soda-fountain, modest of size but brave with white marble and nickel, gleamed a welcome.