"Shape them along the edge of your block of wood. Persuade them down—so, and fold them back—so. Tap them into place with your wooden mallet. There you are."
The finished corner was passed from hand to hand and duly admired.
"Rub it shiny with any brass polish, if you like it bright," directed Roger.
"It's fashionable for coppers to be dull now," said Helen.
"You ladies know more about fashions of all sorts than I should ever pretend to," said her brother meekly. "I like metals to shine, myself."
"What are some of the articles we can start in to make now that we know how?" questioned Margaret.
"All sorts of things for the desk—a paper knife and a roller blotter and a case to hold the inkwell and a clip to keep papers from blowing away. The work is just the same, no matter what you're making. It's all a matter of getting the outlines of different objects and then bending them up carefully after you've hammered the design and got them cut out well."
"Why can't you make all sorts of boxes?" asked James whose mind had run to boxes ever since his week of work upon them.
"You can. All sorts and sizes. Line them with silk or leather. Leather wears best."
"How far is the leather work like the metal work?" asked Ethel Brown. "It seemed to be the same as far as the point where you tacked them on to the wooden block."