"And bring glory to our Flying Club!"
"Yes, of course.... But Kitty, have you any idea what a good plane costs? I'm afraid you couldn't raise so much money, could you?"
"About how much?" asked Kitty, vaguely. She was thinking of Bob Hulbert now, wondering whether she couldn't write and tell him she understood why he was staying away from her, and urging him to come back.
"Well, novices like your two friends would probably expect to pay about twenty thousand dollars for their plane.... But I wouldn't have to have that kind. Because, even if I did win the prize, it would hardly pay me.... No, I wouldn't pay more than eight or ten thousand for mine.... But you could never raise that much, could you, Kit?"
The girl shook her head.
"I'm afraid not.... Only by getting a loan on my pearl necklace. Do you suppose that could be done, Bess?"
"Of course it could. But not here in Spring City. We'd have to go to New York."
"I can't go to New York. I'm dated up for a dance tonight."
"I think I could manage it myself," said Bess. "If you care to trust me, and will give me a note authorizing the loan."
"I'll be only too glad to," agreed Kitty, and she produced the necklace and immediately sat down to the desk to write the letter.