“Hurrah!” cried Dave, once more, and then could not resist the temptation to grab Jessie about the waist and start on a mad dance through the library, the hallway, the dining-room, and the living room of the mansion. Mrs. Wadsworth looked on and smiled indulgently.
“I suppose your heart is as light as a feather now, Dave,” she said, when the impromptu whirl came to an end.
“Indeed it is, Mrs. Wadsworth,” he answered. “Passing that examination has lifted a tremendous weight from my shoulders.”
Of course Mr. Ramsdell was greatly pleased to think that both of his pupils had passed.
“Now I can write to my friends of the Mentor Construction Company and see if they can give Dave and Roger an opening,” he said. “They promised it to me some time ago in case the boys passed.” And he set about sending off a letter without delay.
CHAPTER XIX
OFF FOR TEXAS
“Glorious news!”