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"A light begins to break. We'll have him make our present. Are you
sure he'll make it well enough? It's got to be a crackerjack to be
suitable for Miss Gertrude."
"This is what I thought. The doctor and Miss Gertrude both like open
bookcases. I heard them say once they liked to be able to take out a
book without having to bother with a door."
"Me, too," agreed Margaret. "And I never could see the use of a back."
"That's what I say," said Helen. "I'd rather dust the books more
carefully and not have the extra weight added to the bookcase."
"You know the furniture they call 'knockdown'?"
Everybody nodded. They had all become familiar with various makes of
furniture since their attention had been called to the subject by their
summer's interests.
"I think Mr. Atwood can make us a bookcase that will consist of two
upright end pieces with holes through them where each shelf is to go.
The shelves will have two extensions on each end that will go through
these square holes and they will be held in place by wedges driven
through these extensions on the outside of the uprights. Get me?"
They all said they did.
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