“It might tip over, Ruth, if a visitor leans upon it,” said Mrs. Vernon.
“We’ll keep a stone under that leg. It won’t joggle if it’s boosted up,” explained Ruth.
“But the stone may slip out, or should one wish to move the table about, the stone will have to be carried about too.”
“Goodness me, Verny! What can I do? I can’t stretch it!” cried Ruth, distractedly.
Every one laughed, but the Captain said: “No, it won’t stretch, but can’t one of you scouts suggest a remedy?”
When they realized that they all were called upon to share the responsibility of the tilting table, they puckered their foreheads and put on their thinking-caps.
“I know! We’ll tack a little end of the wood to the bottom of the leg,” called Joan, excitedly.
Ruth cast a scornful look at Joan, as much as to say: “I’d like to see any one sticking a block under that leg!”
“Verny, we might take the leg off and saw a new one,” suggested Betty.
“We could, and I suppose that would be the only correct way to do it, but I am thinking of another and easier way,” replied the Captain.