“Better and better!” exclaimed Don. “Get in. I have some glorious news, and if I don’t tell it to some one I’ll burst!”
CHAPTER III
Off for Egypt
“It would be too bad to have anything like that happen, Don,” was the laughing reply of Fred, as he helped his sister into the car and followed her. “So fire away and let’s have it.”
“Oh, you don’t mean, Don, that you’ve heard from your parents?” asked Emily eagerly. “I can’t imagine anything else that would make you so happy.”
“It’s just that!” declared Don jubilantly. “Got a cablegram from my mother. She’s in Egypt, and we’re going right over there to get her and bring her home.”
Emily gave a little squeal of delight and Fred grabbed Don’s hand with a fervor that made him wince.
“Glory hallelujah!” cried Fred. “Isn’t that splendid!”
“Oh, Don, I’m so glad and thankful!” exclaimed Emily. “Now Ruth will get well in a hurry. It’s just that awful worry that’s made her so weak and ill. How did she take it?”
“Too happy for words,” replied Don. “It will do her more good than all the tonics and medicines in the world.”
“Your father is with your mother, I suppose,” remarked Fred.