"Now Dorothy can finish her candlestick handle!"
CHAPTER XVIII
ETHEL BLUE AWAITS A CABLE
MRS. SMITH begged that the meeting should not adjourn, and under her direction the trouble caused by Dicky's entrance into the navy was soon remedied, although it was evident that the ceiling of the dining-room would need the attention of a professional.
Roger soon returned with the news that the honorary member of the Club had taken no cold, and every one settled down to work again, even Dorothy, who rescued enough clay from Dicky's earthworks to complete the handle of her candlestick.
"I'd like to bring a matter before this meeting," said Tom seriously when they were all assembled and working once more.
"Bring it on," urged the president.
"It isn't a matter belonging to this Club, but if there isn't any one else to do it it seemed to me—and to Father when I spoke to him about it—that we might do some good."