“I only wish we knew who built the house for us,” remarked Rosemary wistfully. “It would be nice to thank the person.”
“Are you sure, Mr. Karwhite, that you don’t know who built the house?” Veve asked him.
“Well, maybe I do, and maybe I don’t,” he said mysteriously.
“That means you do know!” accused Eileen.
Mr. Karwhite merely laughed. “Be patient,” he advised. “In good time, I’m sure you’ll learn the answer for yourselves!”
CHAPTER 17
Bitter Words
THE following week the Brownie Scouts found many demands upon their time.
Not only were they busy at school, but the organization gave a tea for all the mothers. At this meeting the girls displayed the buttons they had gathered and discussed plans for obtaining others.
Eileen had acquired a glass swirlback button, unlike any other on exhibit. Molded on the front, it had a wire loop shank with the back twisted in a snail-like spiral.