Hilarious anecdotes of a summer on a farm near Suffern, N.Y., when Grandfather Beebe -- his leg in a cast- is set to ride herd on the author and his little sister in their parents' absence. The lives of the trio are complicated by various supplementary supervisors,- a fainting cousin, a lady artist, Grandma Wilder, the housekeeper, and so on. Throughout, Grandfather keeps a hurrah's nest of excitement simmering. Full of psychic collisions, tart anecdotage, bland fun.