A telegram came for Mary Lee Monday night. At first she was greatly alarmed.
"It's from Bob, of course," Letty reminded her.
"Why, to be sure." She tore open the envelope as she spoke.
"He is going to buy three bonds," she cried delightedly as she handed the telegram to Letty.
"That gives us $850 over," Mary Lee announced after a few seconds' calculation.
"Some of the other girls may not have enough," Letty remarked. "At any rate, we'll know tomorrow whether we go or not."
The meeting was in the afternoon. Some of the girls had fallen short in the number they sold, but Edith, alone, had sold four thousand dollars' worth. The total amount—the girls held their breath while it was being figured—was nineteen thousand.
"So we can all go?" asked Ruth.
"Yes, you can go," replied Aunt Madge. "And to show you how much faith I had in you, I've gotten everything ready. We shall leave tomorrow morning at ten, from the Grand Central Station."
"Let's not take any more things than we need," said Mary Lee.