"Nothing doing! You go with me!"
The young men had been wearing old garments, for they had anticipated having to do some work on the car. But there was a miniature bathroom in the House on Wheels and after washing and changing to fresh garments, the two young men hired a taxi from the garage, near which they had left the House on Wheels and went calling.
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you!" Mary exclaimed impulsively at the sight of Tom and Ned. "Why didn't you send me word you were coming?"
"We didn't decide to come until so short a time ago," Tom answered, "that we didn't really have time."
"He wasn't sure his old House could make the grade," chuckled Ned.
"Oh, then you have the wonderful House with you!" cried Mary.
"Yes, er—I—now—what pocket did I put it in, Ned?" asked Tom in mock anxiety, as he searched through his garments. "I know I had it when we came in, but——"
"Think you're smart, don't you?" mocked Mary.
Grace Winthrop came in just then to be introduced, and she and Ned paired off quite well, "considering everything," as Tom said afterward.
The story of the trip was told and both girls asked to be taken for a ride in the House on Wheels, a petition that was quickly granted. Grace Winthrop shared none of her grandmother's inhibitions against modernism!