The "Note to readers" in this book notes that the Fisk & Stevenson families in this book are fictional, but James Hill, who headed the Great Northern Railroad was a real person. This book tells how the telephone & electric lights changed the way people lived.

The story starts with a girl running! Her father was excited & told her to run! Mama wasn't as nervous as Papa, & she was the one having the baby, probably quickly! As she stopped at an intersection to decide who to go for first, Aunt Tina or Dr. Dan, her cousin, Abraham Stevenson, asked her why she was so red in the face. It was difficult for her to answer. Abe thought that having a telephone would make things easier. Judith didn't have time to discuss inventions, she was supposed to get his mother & Dr. Dan. Abe volunteered to get his mom while Judith went for Dr. Dan.

Abe ran home & told his mother that the baby was coming! Abe wanted a boy, but his mother said they would thank God for its save arrival, either way. She told her husband, Enoch, that she & Polly were going to Charles & Alison's, & he said to give them his best. After they left, Abe continued reading "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne & wished for a telephone. ( )