They all stared at him, and she added with a chuckle:
“It happened just as we planned it, didn’t it?”
“Did you put something up on me, O’Dell?” cried Larry. “Ye cheat—ye old pirate!”
He fell upon him, and a rough-and-tumble inaugurated the party. When O’Dell found a chance he joined Isabelle.
“You little witch!” he said. “Ye certainly made a booby of ole Larry. But don’t you be coming between me and my best friend.”
“I won’t if he keeps out of my way,” she blazed, “but I’m mad!”
“’Twas only a joke. We wanted ye to come. For my sake, be nice and funny, an’ like yourself.”
“All right,” she answered amiably. “But you owe me something, if I am.”
“Name it, and it’s yours.”
“It’s mine already. I want my Chinese coat back.”