“Dick,” said Grandma, shaking her finger, “Dick, you surely aren’t jealous of the little sewing bird!”

The first time she ever helped me
was with my wedding dress”


Chapter III
The Long and Short of Basting.

“GOOD-BYE, dear,” said Grandma, taking leave of Mary Frances a day or two later. “You may play in the garden while I’m gone, if you want to.”

“Good
bye,
dear.”