"
Louis laughed. "Can't think what Rich Kendrick can be doing here with
Uncle Cal. I believe, though, he and old Matthew Kendrick are good
friends. Probably grandson Richard came on an errand. It certainly
behooves him to do grandfather's errands with as good a grace as he can
muster."
"He was sitting in the hall quite a while before Uncle Cal saw him,"
volunteered Ted, who had tagged at Roberta's heels, and was listening
with interest.
"Sitting in the hall, eh--like any district messenger?" Louis was
clearly delighted with this news. "How did it happen, Cub? Mary take him
for an everyday, common person?"
"I let him in. I thought he was a chauffeur," admitted Ted. "He was
awfully wet and muddy. Steve took him in to Uncle Cal."
An explosion of laughter from his interested elder brother interrupted
him. "I wish I'd come along and seen him. So he had the bad manners to
sit in our hall in a wet and muddy motoring coat, and go in to see Uncle
Cal--"
"The young man had on no muddy coat when Stephen brought him in to see
me," declared Judge Calvin Gray, coming out and catching the last
sentence. "He put it on in the hall before going out.
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