Bo at Iditarod Creek by Kirkpatrick Hill

Author:Kirkpatrick Hill
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781627792530
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Arvid came out of the kitchen to say hello. Edna shook his hand briskly, then went behind him to examine that room.

“Your kitchen is small too. Ours is much bigger. And we have prettier dishes than that.”

She looked at the cookie jar. “What kind of cookies are those?”

“Gingersnaps,” said Arvid. “Jack’s speciality.”

“I don’t like those,” said Edna. “Don’t you have another kind?”

Arvid gave her a sharp look and shook his head.

Edna strutted around the house, picking up this and that, but nothing found favor with her.

Buddy raised an eyebrow to show Bo what he thought of Edna’s behavior.

Will looked grim, too. “Want to come out?” he asked. Graf and Bo looked uncomfortable and didn’t answer, but Arvid saved them.

“Too late,” he said. “Kids are just getting ready for bed.”

“I told Edna that,” said Will. “But she wanted to come anyway.”

Edna tossed her head again. “Well, I’m leaving tomorrow. We’re going back to our real home in Washington tomorrow. It’s a really big house, and we have an automobile—it’s a Packard 740, Dual Cowl Phaeton—and I’m going to get a lot of new dresses.” She looked at Bo. “Do you have any dresses?”

Bo gave Arvid a warning look and said no, though she really did have two of them hanging on the pegs in their bedroom. She had a feeling that this girl was not going to like her dresses.

When Edna had gone out the door, Will turned and made a face at Bo. “I told you she was bossy,” he whispered.

When they were all gone, Arvid stood with his hands on his hips and a who’d-believe-it smile on his face. “Whoo-ee,” was all he said.

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