ILLUSTRATIONS
| “Walk right in—I’m a ghost,” he said politely (page [136]) | [Frontispiece] |
| PAGE | |
| “For mercy’s sake, who are you?” she said | [51] |
| He seized the surprised Elizabeth Ann and lifted her into the bus | [129] |
| “It looks as if we were in for more snow, doesn’t it?”—and he pointed with his broom toward the sky | [177] |
ELIZABETH ANN’S HOUSEBOAT
CHAPTER I
A LETTER
“I don’t see why we have to hurry,” protested Elizabeth Ann.
She wanted to get out and see what kind of a flower was growing in the middle of the large field on the right hand side of the road. Lex had declared that for once he couldn’t stop. Usually Lex did just as Elizabeth Ann asked him to—Cousin Nellie said that both Lex and Uncle Doctor always did as Elizabeth Ann asked.
“I promised your Cousin Nellie to come right back with the mail,” explained the patient Lex for the second time. “When I make a promise, I keep it.”
“Oh!” said Elizabeth Ann. “I wonder why Cousin Nellie couldn’t wait for the mail man.”
Lex said he didn’t know, but he had his suspicions.