"Where's Dora?" she asked, when Ezra sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"I—I," he yawned. "Dora? Oh, she asked me if she could go out for a few moments, and I gave my consent. I hope, my dear, that I was right in so doing."
"Right? Certainly not, Ezra. How are we to have any dinner? The fire is out, Dora is out—"
"And you have been out," Ezra chuckled.
"Three out—all out!" yelled Thomas. "And say, ma, I'm awful hungry."
Chapter II
A Man and a Woman
On the same day that the Morning Glory Club was born, it happened that Will Flint met Barbara Wallace on her way to school, and he eagerly grasped the opportunity to renew a friendship which had begun at Barbara's home, in his college town, a year before she came to Manville.