"I--I don't
know's I ever see anybody I liked better. But when it comes to--You see,
that time when I said--er--er what I said I was kind of--of desperate
along of Hannah and--"
"Well, you're desperate now, ain't you? Here," sharply, "you sit still
and let me finish. I've got a plan and you'd better listen to it.
Kenelm, won't you sit still, for--for my sake?"
The "big day" of the Ostable County Cattle Show and Fair came to an end
as all days, big or little, have to come. Captain Obed Bangs and his
guests enjoyed every minute of it. They inspected the various exhibits,
witnessed the horse races and the baseball game, saw the balloon
ascension, and thrilled with the rest of the great crowd at the
"parachute drop." It was six o'clock when they left the Fair grounds and
Thankful began to worry about the condition of affairs at the High Cliff
House.
"It'll be way past dinner time when you and I get there, Emily," she
said, "and goodness knows what my boarders have had to eat. Imogene's
smart and capable enough, but whether she can handle everything alone
I don't know. We ought to have started sooner, but it's nobody's fault
more'n mine that we didn't."
However, when the High Cliff House was reached its proprietor found that
her fears were groundless. But a few of the boarders had planned to eat
their evening meal there; most of the city contingent were stopping at
various teahouses and restaurants in Ostable or along the road and would
not be home until late.
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