"And so you missed the dance just because you could sympathize with some one else's worry?" demanded Dick. "But say! The evening is still young, as dances go. Couldn't you get dressed in a little while? Then we could both go and celebrate my good luck."
"I'm dressed," came the demure answer.
"What? Oh—-well, now, that's nice of you——-"
"I have been expecting this good news," laughed Laura. "And so
I've been dressed all evening, on the chance."
"And you'll go to the class ball if I come around quickly?"
"It would be mean of you not to come and take me, Dick!"
"I'll have to change," declared Dick. "But that never takes a boy long. Won't I be around to your house in short order, though!"
Dick rang off and started to bound upstairs, but a new ting-ling sounded on the 'phone bell.
"Here's another party been trying to get you," announced central.
"Go ahead."
"Hullo, Dick," sounded a low, pleased voice. "I hope you've called up Laura."