“You have, Miss Gordon?”
“Yes, I’ll advance your five dollar fee. Then you may have until fall to earn the money and repay me.”
Veve’s face brightened momentarily, only to collapse.
“But if I can’t earn the money by then, Miss Gordon?”
“I’m sure you’ll think of a way,” the troop leader encouraged her. “If not, well perhaps I’ll have a suggestion or two. Now shall we hurry and catch up with the Brownies?”
“Oh, yes,” Veve declared happily. “I’m really going to camp?”
“Of course,” Miss Gordon assured her, slipping an arm about the girl’s slim waist, “and this little talk will be our own secret. You needn’t tell anyone that I am putting in your five dollars.”
“I’ll earn it before fall,” Veve announced firmly as they went down the street together. “I’ll think of some way!”
Now when the couple joined the Brownies at the bus stop, neither told of their conversation. However, Veve was so cheerful, the other girls guessed that Miss Gordon had said something very pleasant to her.