"Let her shoot, then."
"Mr. Atwood has a whole heap of splendid mahogany planks in his shop. I came across them one day and asked him about them. He's been collecting them a long time and they're splendidly seasoned and he's just waiting for a chance to make them into something."
"A light begins to break. We'll have him make our present. Are you sure he'll make it well enough? It's got to be a crackerjack to be suitable for Miss Gertrude."
"This is what I thought. The doctor and Miss Gertrude both like open bookcases. I heard them say once they liked to be able to take out a book without having to bother with a door."
"Me, too," agreed Margaret. "And I never could see the use of a back."
"That's what I say," said Helen. "I'd rather dust the books more carefully and not have the extra weight added to the bookcase."
"You know the furniture they call 'knockdown'?"
Everybody nodded. They had all become familiar with various makes of furniture since their attention had been called to the subject by their summer's interests.
"I think Mr. Atwood can make us a bookcase that will consist of two upright end pieces with holes through them where each shelf is to go. The shelves will have two extensions on each end that will go through these square holes and they will be held in place by wedges driven through these extensions on the outside of the uprights. Get me?"
They all said they did.