"Let's go to the grove and see the women and children there and perhaps
the others will be in sight by the time you've finished your
examination."
They turned toward the pines whose thick needles cast a heavy shade
upon the ground and gave forth a delicious fragrance under the rays of
the sun. As they disappeared Mrs. Schuler went out on the platform
where the carpentering operations were going on.
"I'm so disturbed about those women," she said, "I've come to see what
you're doing to divert my mind from them."
"We're going to make two of these seats, one for your office and the
other for the veranda," said Ethel Brown, standing erect and putting a
hand upon her weary back. The rest of the young carpenters stopped
their work and wiped their perspiring foreheads while they explained
the construction of the piece of furniture to their friend.
"This long narrow box is the seat, you see. It's a shoe case, and it's
just the right height for comfort. Roger has put hinges on the cover,
so you can use it for a chest and keep rugs and cushions inside."
"That's about as simple as it could be. Does it take all of you to
help Roger do that?"
"O, that's only a part of the entire affair.
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