"All right, fix it up. Only be sure to talk to Margie first, so she won't sulk," advised Sandow.
"That's pretty fine for you two, but where do I come in?" demanded Soda. "Here you bid me to a consultation, and then decide upon a plan to be pulled off at a meeting of a club of which I'm not a member."
"That is sort of tough," chuckled Buttons. "Guess we'll have to invite you. You can come as my guest. So long as we're going to take our suppers, an extra won't make any difference."
"But I'll want a girl," protested Soda. "I don't want to sit around and watch you all."
"All right. I'll have Grace ask Betty Brewer."
This proposal met with the approval of Soda, and the consultation ended with Sandow's admonition to inform the girls without delay.
Eagerly the suggestion was accepted by all the members of the club, though Margie demurred until Buttons told her Sandow had called her silly—discreetly omitting the fool—and while the girls bustled about their preparations, Buttons sought Bronson.
Fred was in his room studying when the boys and girls arrived.
"I'll call him," said Mrs. Markham.
"No; let me," pleaded Margie, and, amid the banter of the others, she vanished from the room, returning in due course with Fred.