"Nobody but a Cowan would do it, and that's a fact," said Dan.
"Fancy selling God's picture," said Cecily in a shocked, awed tone.
"When we get it we'll keep it in the family Bible," said Felicity. "That's the only proper place."
"Oh, I wonder what it will be like," breathed Cecily.
We all wondered. Next day in school we agreed to Jerry Cowan's terms, and Jerry promised to bring the picture up to Uncle Alec's the following afternoon.
We were all intensely excited Saturday morning. To our dismay, it began to rain just before dinner.
"What if Jerry doesn't bring the picture to-day because of the rain?" I suggested.
"Never you fear," answered Felicity decidedly. "A Cowan would come through anything for fifty cents."
After dinner we all, without any verbal decision about it, washed our faces and combed our hair. The girls put on their second best dresses, and we boys donned white collars. We all had the unuttered feeling that we must do such honour to that Picture as we could. Felicity and Dan began a small spat over something, but stopped at once when Cecily said severely,
"How dare you quarrel when you are going to look at a picture of God to-day?"
Owing to the rain we could not foregather in the orchard, where we had meant to transact the business
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