"Tell us what Allen says," Mollie dared her wickedly. "Come on,
honey-- dare you to."
"You can go on daring all you like," said Betty defiantly. This time
she was blushing-- from the fact that she knew she could not, or would
not, tell the girls what Allen had said in his letter. Not for
anything in this world!
"I don't mean what you mean," said Mollie, enjoying her confusion
immensely, while Grace and Amy looked on laughingly. "I just thought
that maybe you would like to be the one to tell us about his
promotion."
"His promotion!" cried Amy and Grace together, and Betty looked quite
as bewildered as any of them.
"Mollie, for goodness' sake tell us what you mean," she demanded.
"But didn't he tell you about it, Betty?" Mollie insisted.
"Wait a minute," said the Little Captain as she hastily scanned the
pages of her long letter. Then, down near the end of the last page she
found it, just a little paragraph, put in as though it had been an
afterthought. "Why," cried Betty, her eyes beginning to shine with
excitement, "girls, listen to this.
Pages:
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98