"Bother Susie! Why don't you get her to go with you?"
"You are afraid to go!" jeered Toady.
"Am not!" retorted Billiard angrily.
"Then why don't you take my dare?"
"It's all tommy-rot," insisted Billiard, with a fine show of scorn.
"'Fraid cat!"
"Oh, I'll take you up," cried the other, stung into recklessness by Toady's taunts. "We'll go to-night."
"To-night?" stammered Toady, much abashed at his brother's sudden acceptance of the dare.
"Yes, to-night!"
"What's your hurry?"