"
"That ought to cover the expense of their food," said Helen, "but we'll
have to have a housekeeper and a cook."
"That's what Aunt Louise said."
"Oho, you've been talking with Mother about it!" exclaimed Dorothy.
"I knew the Club would come to me sooner or later, it was only a matter
of time, so I made ready to answer some of the questions you'd be
asking me."
They laughed at Roger's preparedness, but nodded approvingly.
"Aunt Louise said she'd pay the wages of the cook, and then I toddled
off to Grandmother Emerson and told her I was planning to raid her
attic for old furniture, and asked her incidentally if she thought we
could run the thing without a housekeeper."
"I hope she said 'yes'," exclaimed Margaret, who liked to administer a
household.
"Grandmother was very polite; she said she thought the U. S. C. could
do anything it set out to do, but that there would be countless odds
and ends that would occupy us all summer long--"
"Like making a continuous stream of furniture!"
"And going marketing and doing errands."
"And mowing the grass."
"And playing games with the kids.
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