XIII
ELSIE PROMISES TO RETURN
One beautiful May day Curtis came into the house with shining face.
"Sis, our artists are coming back," he called to Jennie from the hall.
"Are they? Oh, isn't that glorious!" she answered, running to meet him. "When are they to reach here? Whom did you hear from?"
"Lawson. They can't come till some time in June, however."
Jennie's face fell. "In June! I thought you meant they were coming now—right away—this week."
"Lawson furthermore writes that he expects to bring a sculptor with him—a Mr. Parker. You remember those photographs he showed us of some statues of Indians? Well, this is the man who made the figures. His wife is coming as chaperon for Miss Brisbane."
"She still needs a chaperon, does she?"
"It would seem so. Besides, Mrs. Parker goes everywhere with her husband."