"Glad you like it," commented Tom.
The house stood up on a framework corresponding to the chassis on which it would later be mounted. Tom opened the back door and a pair of steps, hitherto concealed in a recess, unfolded, let down, and could be used for entering the little dwelling.
There were four rooms within, two containing folding cots that made comfortable beds. One room of those remaining was used as a kitchen. The other was a living room, though if needful the two bedchambers could also be utilized for this purpose, when the cots were folded away.
"And that's the electric stove, is it?" asked Ned, pointing to the apparatus.
"That's it. And here's the pantry, the ice box, and so on," added Tom, indicating the various conveniences.
"Pretty slick!" was the enthusiastic comment of Ned Newton.
"But where do you work the thing from?"
"The motor goes out there," and, going to the front of the house, Tom showed where the big machine was to be mounted under a regulation auto hood. "This little compartment will contain the driver's seat and the controls," he went on, showing a space divided by a partition from the sleeping quarters.
The kitchen was in the rear of the House on Wheels, and in front of that was the combined sitting and dining room, the sleeping quarters being forward.
"Putting the kitchen in the rear insures the odors being carried away as the machine moves along," explained Tom.