Allen has been promoted. He's an
officer now-- a lieutenant! Think of it-- leather leggings and all!"
It was too much for the girls. They laughed and cried and hugged each
other and tried to imagine Allen in his new uniform to their hearts'
content, for the young new-made officer was a favorite with them all.
"Goodness," said Amy happily, "I suppose when he gets home he will be
altogether too high-toned to notice common folk like us."
"Oh, I don't know," said Grace happily, adding with a sly little
glance at Betty, "I imagine he will make an exception of one of us at
least."
"I wonder," drawled Mollie as she picked up her unfinished letter,
"which one of us you can mean."
CHAPTER XI
THE HOLD-UP
The girls were glad that the letters had come from the boys just as
they had, for it helped them to bridge over the tediously long wait
till the next morning.
They read the missives with the little red triangles in the left hand
corner over and over again and-- whisper it!-- at least two of them
slept with the precious letters under their pillows.
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