All of a sudden, while she was thinking of this very serious fact, Laura came face to face with Janet Steele.
"You are just the girl I wished most to see, Janet!" cried the Central High girl.
"I always want to see you, Laura Belding," declared the Red Cross girl, who was evidently off duty and homeward bound.
"Thank you, dear," Laura said. "You must prove that. I want you to do me a favor."
"What can I possibly do for you?" laughed Janet. "Hurry and tell me."
"You may not be so willing after you hear what it is."
"You doubt my willingness to prove my friendship?" demanded Janet soberly.
"Not a bit of it! But, listen here." She told Janet swiftly what she desired, and from the sparkle in her eyes and the rising flush in her face it was easily seen that Laura had not asked a favor that Janet would not willingly give.
"Oh, but my dear!" she cried, "I shall have to ask mother."
"I presume you will," said Laura, smiling. "Shall I go along with you and see what she says?"