“Do not talk too much to your father, children; he cannot bear too much excitement,” warned Aunt Maria, as Billy led the way to the taxicab which was to take them home.
“You can tell the driver to stop at my house, Billy,” said the old lady, who was quite nervous when riding in an automobile.
“Horseless carriages are so unnatural. It always seems to me like riding behind a headless horse to ride in an automobile,” she added.
Of course the children had hard work to keep from laughing.
When they came to her house, Billy carried her bags to the door and rang the bell for her.
“Tell your father to remember not to sit in a draft,” she called to Billy as he ran down the path, “and tell Mary Frances to be ready for a lesson in knitting next Thursday evening.”
“We heard, Billy,” said his father, as Billy jumped into the taxicab, “didn’t we, daughter?”