Thus encouraged, Sammy at last mustered up nerve to open the envelope. He unfolded the slip it contained and glanced at the contents. The next instant he had dropped it on the table and was doing a war dance around the room.
"I can go, fellows!" he yelled. "I can go!"
"Isn't that glorious?" cried Frank.
"The best thing that ever happened!" shouted Bob.
They joined Sammy in his excited caperings, while Bob's parents looked on with sympathetic smiles.
"May I read it, Sammy?" asked Mr. Bouncer, picking up the paper that had caused all the hubbub.
"Of course," replied Sammy. "Read it out loud so that all of us can hear it."
Mr. Bouncer complied.
"You may go," the telegram read. "Come home and get ready. Letter follows."
It was some time before the boys quieted down and got in shape to discuss the next thing to be done.