"Chetwood Belding! Wait till Jess Morse hears about it."
"Aw--"
"Jess will spark, old boy; you see if she doesn't"
"Jess is the best girl in the world; and she's got too much sense to object to my helping another girl home through the snow."
"All right," chuckled Laura, in a much more cheerful mood. "But don't make the mistake of praising Janet to Jess. That is where the crime comes in."
"Oh! Well, I won't," her brother declared thoughtfully.
"And where did you beau Janet from?" Laura asked.
"The hospital."
"Were you there to see that poor man?"
"Rich man, you mean," grinned her brother. "I took him some books and a lot of papers. He is able to sit up and read."