"What's up, lad?" he asked.
"What do you mean, captain?"
"Oh, I hardly know," and the old man scratched his head in perplexity. "But everybody in this house seems about ready to explode with excitement. I never saw sich a happy bunch in all my life. Ye'd think that summer had been suddenly dumped down here, with all the birds singin', the bees hummin', and the flowers bloomin'. That's the only way I kin describe it."
"I guess you're about right, captain," was Rod's brief reply, for he was determined not to give away the wonderful secret.