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`` Good-by , I 'll be over ter help ye , '' she cried , looking back ; then they jogged off down the road . Randy and her mother turned from the doorway and walked back into the kitchen . `` Look at that clock , Randy ! '' exclaimed Mrs. Weston ; `` I guess it 'll be a funny dinner to-day , '' and she commenced to make hasty preparations for the noon meal . Mr. Weston laughed good-naturedly when he heard of the forenoon caller , and in consequence the `` picked-up dinner . '' `` Lots of folks have n't as good a dinner as this , mother , '' said he , `` and I must say , I 'm glad she came in ter talk ter ye and so make ye stop workin ' a spell . Where is Prue ? ''