“You put things backward, Elizabeth Ann,” teased Uncle Doctor. “If you must know, I got a lift from one of the salesmen who brought me as far as the cross-roads in his car; I walked the rest of the way. Where is Cousin Nellie and this letter?”
“Here, Cran,” Cousin Nellie said, looking through the kitchen screen.
CHAPTER II
ABOUT ELIZABETH ANN
Uncle Doctor’s eyes began to twinkle in a way that Elizabeth Ann understood.
“Shall Elizabeth Ann and I come and listen to the letter, Nellie?” he asked, “or shall Elizabeth Ann be a useful child and help Lyn?”
Elizabeth Ann didn’t want to help Lyn. She wanted to hear the letter. But she couldn’t help smiling at Uncle Doctor when he smiled at her.
“I’ll have to read it to you, first, Cran,” said kind Cousin Nellie. “There is something in it I must talk over with you. Come around to the front of the house and after you have heard the letter, I’ll tell Elizabeth Ann what Jennie says.”
They went away together and Lyn began to put up the ironing board.
“Time to get lunch,” she announced. “Do you want to help me, Elizabeth Ann?”