“It doesn’t seem valuable enough for a paper to print,” ventured Mrs. Talmage.
“It is the unusual that papers are always after,” replied Mr. Richards. “Show me anything more unusual than this (waving his arm about to embrace the children, the plant and the work) and I will run after it!”
“What would you say in the story?” asked Aunt Selina.
“Well, I’d take kodak pictures of this office, of the plant, and of the Winter Nest you have been telling me about. Then we would group the children on the lawn in front of the house and have a picture of the Blue Birds and Bobolinks who own and publish this magazine.”
“What would Mr. Sphere say if he saw the story in the papers?” asked Aunt Selina.
“He’d say, ‘Richie, old boy, I always knew you had a grain of sense in your head!’” laughed Mr. Richards.
“I have a fine camera in case you want to use it,” said Ned, eagerly.
“And we have everything in good shape to have a picture taken,” added Meredith.
“If the ladies consent we will lose no more time, but get the pictures while the sun is right,” Mr. Richards said, as he turned toward the ladies and Blue Birds.
“Yes, yes, Mother Wings, let’s do it!” cried several Blue Birds. So Aunt Selina and Mrs. Talmage smiled a consent.