The crowd was delighted with the way Ruth and her sisters were situated. It looked as though to live under canvas would be great fun indeed.
“Wish I’d spoken to Uncle Phil about it, and gotten him to hire tents instead of putting us up at that old hotel,” declared Pearl. “And do you know, girls, that Trix Severn told a story?”
“I didn’t suppose she’d be above being untruthful,” Ruth said, rather indignantly.
“And you’re quite right. We found out that her father set aside a big, double-bedded room for you four girls. Trix says she did not know anything about it. But of course Uncle Phil would not have forgotten you.”
“Never mind,” said Agnes. “I’m glad she acted so. We’re a whole lot better off here.”
“I believe you!” said Carrie Poole.
“You going to have Rosa Wildwood here in the tent with you when she comes?” asked Ann Presby.
“I’m afraid she ought to have a better place,” said Ruth. “And I believe I know just where she would get the attention—and food—that she needs,” and the oldest Corner House girl told the crowd about Mrs. Bobster—the little old lady who lived in a shoe.
“If I can get the dear old thing to take Rosa to board, I know she’ll give her just what she needs—good food, plenty of it, well cooked, and Rosa will be in a quiet place where she can rest all she wants to,” said Ruth.
She had no idea at the time of the strange adventure that would arise out of this plan of hers to bring Rosa Wildwood to stay for a part of the summer with the little old woman who lived in a shoe.