“You’d better look in that box before you throw it away.”
“Sure!” he replied, grinning, and then he disappeared.
“Now, Dorothy,” said Betty, restored to equanimity, now that the box was finally disposed of, “let us go and sit down quietly somewhere, and I’ll tell you all about it.”
“Do!” cried Fred Bates. “You’re the most mysterious person I ever heard of, Miss McGuire! Come right up to our family sitting-room and relate to us the story of the Beautiful Young Lady and her Strange Piece of Luggage!”
“Very well,” said Betty, dimpling and smiling. “Come on, and the whole of the dramatic tale I will unfold!”
Which she did, to a most enthusiastic and hilarious audience.
XII
A LUCKY PENNY
“There’s no doubt about it,” said Jeanette, “Betty is the most popular girl in school.”
“Not only in school,” amended Dorothy; “she’s the most popular girl in our whole set. The boys all adore her, too.”
“Yes, they do,” agreed Lena Carey. “My brother Bob thinks she’s just about all right.”