“But I want to finish pegging off the west end,” Ted interrupted.
“Oh, could I help you, Cousin Ted?” begged Nora. “I would just love to do some real surveying.”
“And I would love to have you, certainly. We will rest for one full hour, then I’ll let you carry the chains and drops, and off we go to the West End. How’s that?”
“Lovely. Will Cap come?”
“Sartin sure,” declared Jerry. “I never let the youngsters go out on location without the big dog, do I Cap?”
Cap brushed his plumy tail against Jerry’s elbow and made eyes at his master, agreeing with everything he said, as usual.
Later, when the hour’s rest had been taken, Nora and Cousin Ted made their way to the grounds that were to be surveyed. Nora carried the “chain” which she wanted to call a tape line until Ted explained that carpenters had tape lines and surveyors used “chains,” and the term really meant an exact land measurement. The heavy instruments were already in position, and when the work of measuring the land with her eye, as Nora declared the process to be, was actually begun, the apprentice was quite fascinated.
“Now, show me the cobweb,” she insisted as Ted adjusted the delicate eye piece.
“There. Do you see that mark outside the little drop of alcohol?” asked Ted.
“The very small line like that on Miss Baily’s thermometer?”