bookcase-building

Updated: May 21, 2025

Even Tom Davis, brother of Bertha and Agnes, asked for a half-day's vacation and helped Algernon whitewash. Bert had impressed Max into carpentering, and the work of bookcase-building went on noisily inside the shed. The girls sat on the weedy patch of ground outside, sewing sash curtains. "It would be quicker to make them on the machine at home, but not nearly so much fun," said Agnes.

Katharine Ellis Barrett - The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted