“He didn’t ask you how you had been all the time since you two knew each other, and he never said a word about our magazine,” grumbled Norma, feeling a personal offence in the letter.
“Why, children! I think it is a wonderful piece of good news to hear that he takes enough interest in the work to send one of his best men down here to talk matters over,” said Mrs. Talmage.
“If you knew my friend you would understand this letter better, for he always was a quiet chap who listened to others, but said little himself,” explained Aunt Selina.
The following day while the Blue Birds were at the Publishing House watching the wonderful process of stitching and trimming completed magazines, a very alert young man rang the bell at the Talmage house.
Mrs. Talmage and Aunt Selina welcomed the visitor.
Shouts of excitement reached the house where the ladies were talking with Mr. Sphere’s representative, and soon a crowd of boys and girls swarmed up the steps and ran pell-mell for Mrs. Talmage, nothing daunted by seeing the stranger.
“Mother, mother, see, see!” cried Ruth, dragging Jinks by the sleeve.
“Oh,” gasped little Betty, “see our magazine!”
“It’s perfectly lovely, Mrs. Talmage!” cried Dot.
The older boys were more subdued when they saw the stranger.