"
"Was there so much room for improvement?" asked Betty demurely, and
they looked at her laughingly.
"Nobody would expect you to think so," Will replied, his eyes
twinkling, then added seriously:
"Of course we all know that Allen was the finest kind even before the
war, but, gosh! I wish you could just see how all the fellows love him
and how even his superior officers consult him and seem to value his
judgment. I tell you, I'm glad to have him call me his friend."
"You bet!" exclaimed Frank, nodding soberly.
"Allen sure has come out strong," Roy agreed; and at this glowing
praise of the only absent one Betty felt her heart swell with pride
and she wanted to hug the boys for being so loyal to her Allen. Also,
deep down in her heart, she began to feel a little trepidation about
the homecoming of this hero. Who was she, Betty Nelson, to call this
glorious Lieutenant Allen Washburn, her Allen?
So engrossed was she in these and other absorbing thoughts that it was
some time before she noticed that the conversation had taken another
turn.
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