"Capital!" she said. "Now you have to sew the backs together."
"Oh, my!" groaned Arthur: "I thought I was done."
"This will not take long," said his mother encouragingly. "See, Christina has done hers."
"Of course; she's a girl. Well, 'may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb!' as the man said to excuse himself. Is this the way you mean?"
"Yes; to form a hinge."
"Shall I put strings?" asked Christina.
"Yes; sew them on each side. And Ada, just look in my basket; I believe I have some elastic there. Those I saw had two pieces of elastic inside, from top to bottom, to hold the hymn sheets."
"Here it is!" said Ada.
"The very thing. Now I should not put it tight, but just slightly drawn so that it will not pull the cardboard."
"The stitches will show, I am afraid," said Nellie.