Part 22 (1/2)
But I knoishes her mother would lock her in the nursery”
”It is her mother's fault that Belle is such a silly,” scoffed Arown up”
”She'll never be grown up,” growled out Darry ”Never saw such a kid
If you acted like her, Sis, I'd put you back into ro chance doing anything like that to me, Master Darry,” declared his sister, smartly ”Even Dad--bless his heart!--would not undertake to turn back the clock on ain, they did the girls a favor that Ahly appreciated It was done involuntarily but was nevertheless estee and shi+ny car and halted it in front of the Norwood place to hail Darry and Burd
”Here's the irls?
He's quite the fastest thing that lingers about old Yale Zoo an airplane, although at that time he was only a kid Mark Stratford His family are the Stratford Electric Company Oodles of money But Mark is a patient soul”
”'Patient'?” repeated Jessie, wonderingly, as she and A fellon to the street
”Sure,” declared Burd ”Most felloould be impatient, burdened with sohis little best to spend his share”
However, and in spite of Burd's introduction, Mark Stratford proved to be a very personable young man and did not look at all the ”sport”
Jessie considered that Burd was very probably fooling the like old friends in five minutes In five minutes more they had piled into the car for a ride
Mark's car ”burned up the road” so fast that in half an hour they cae plant of the Electric Coe Stratford estate
Jessie and A about the beauties of the show place of the county While riding over the girls had discussed one particular topic And when Mark asked theo, or what they preferred to see, Jessie spoke out:
”Oh, Mr Stratford! take us to the plant and let us go into the radio broadcasting roo to see how it is done”
”Oh, _that!_” exclaimed Mark Stratford
”We're crazy about radio, Mr Stratford,” agreed Amy
”Some radio fiends, these two,” said Darry And he told his friend to what use the girls had already put Jessie's set for the benefit of the church bazaar
”If you girls want to see how it's done, to be sure I'll introduce you to the e Wait till we drive around there” Stratford was as good as his word It was a time in the afternoon when the Electric Co broadcasted They went up in the passenger elevator in the arden There were several roolass partitions, sound-proof, and hung with curtains to cut off any echo The young people could stare through the s and see the perforirls looked at each other and clung tightly to each other's hand
”Oh, Aet a chance to sing here!” whispered Amy in return
It did not mean much to the boys And Mark Stratford, of course, had been here ti h the reception rooian said ”Here are sos Let me introduce you to Miss Jessie Norwood and Miss Aly shook hands with the girls, ”allow me to present their co These fellows help overnor has sentenced me for four years”
”Mr Blair?” repeated Jessie, looking sideways at her chum
”Mr Blair?” whispered Amy, who remembered the na ladies,” replied the superintendent, se naly