"Oh yes," Winny said, indifferently. "But, mother, he does use such shocking grammar."
CHAPTER XIV.
SIGNS AND WONDERS.
ODE bustled into the house half an hour earlier than usual. Before him he carried a great sheet of pasteboard.
"Where's Winny?" he asked, sitting down on the nearest chair, out of breath with his haste. "I've got an idea, and she must help me put it on here."
"Winny's gone to the store, deary, for some tea. Whatever brought you home so early? Isn't business brisk to-day?"