CHAPTER XX.
BUD AS A TEACHER.
IT became a matter of astonishment to discover how many friends the old church had, and from what unexpected quarters they appeared.
It really seemed as though each worker had an uncle, or brother, or cousin, of whom she had not given a thought in this connection, who yet grew interested and offered help.
It was Anna Graves who started this special form of help, by an announcement that she made one morning:
"Girls, what do you think! My uncle Will is coming to stay two weeks, and he says he will fresco the church ceiling for us, if we will be content with plain work that he can do rapidly."
It did not take the eager listeners long to promise to be content with the very plainest work that could be imagined. Their imagination had not thought of reaching after frescoed ceilings.
"That is an idea!" said Nettie Burdick. "I wonder if Joe and Charlie would not help us?"