No answer made he.
"Jehosophat—Je-hos'-o-phat!"
No longer could he hide. So, making his face look as bold and as innocent as possible, he walked into the dining-room.
But somehow, though he tried to look innocent, I guess he really looked guilty.
"Jehosophat Green, what have you been doing?" asked Mother. Her eyes were almost always kind but they were a little stern just then.
Jehosophat tried another look on his face, for you can try different looks on your face just as you try different hats on your head. This time he tried the one that folks call "unconcern," a look as if he had no troubles at all, as if he had nothing to hide.
"Aw, just playin'," he answered his mother.
Then his mother asked a very strange question:
"Where's the party?"
Jehosophat was surprised. "Party" sounded fine.