When she came droopingly back with the tools, Elihu was explicitly cheerful.
"There!" he said. "That's safe enough. We'll burn it out, come wet weather." Then he strode into the hall, and she heard two or three blows and the splintering of soft wood. "Here's your books," Elihu was calling to her. "You two take 'em out, and if 'tain't too late after I come home, I'll read a page. I guess we can foot the bill when it comes in."
Books by Alice Brown
COUNTRY NEIGHBORS. 12mo, $1.20, net. Postage extra.
THE STORY OF THYRZA. With frontispiece. Large square crown 8vo, $1.35, net. Postpaid, $1.50.
ROSE MACLEOD. With frontispiece. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
THE COUNTY ROAD. 12mo, $1.50.
THE COURT OF LOVE. 12mo, $1.25.