"Oh, I don't know," said Grace happily, adding with a sly little glance at
Betty, "I imagine he will make an exception of one of us at least."

"I wonder," drawled Mollie as she picked up her unfinished letter, "which
one of us you can mean."




Chapter XI

The Hold-Up



The girls were glad that the letters had come from the boys just as they
had, for it helped them to bridge over the tediously long wait till the
next morning.

They read the missives with the little red triangles in the left hand
corner over and over again and--whisper it!--at least two of them slept
with the precious letters under their pillows.

And then--the morning was upon them. It was a beautiful morning too, and
as the girls dressed hurriedly they were glad that they had arranged to
start early. In that way they could take their time and enjoy to the full
the glorious ride to Moonlight Falls. It was only fifty-five miles, but by
driving slowly they could make it seem like twice that.