"And you are going to build a church for him?" John went on.
Again Douglas nodded.
"Are you plumb loco?" John's voice began to rise.
Douglas' color was deepening but he had himself well in hand. "Maybe I am loco. But it can't hurt any one to have Fowler here, can it?"
"I guess he won't stay long enough to do any actual harm!" Judith laughed.
"He's going to stay quite a spell," returned Doug. "I'm going to see that he does."
"But everybody will make fun of him and of you too," volunteered Mary.
"Probably," agreed Douglas. "But even at that I doubt if they have as much fun as I do. My sense of humor is my strong point!"
"Huh!" sniffed Judith. "You'll need more than what you have, Douglas, in this campaign."
"Look here, Doug," urged his father with an obvious effort to be patient, "just what is the joke?"