"Oh, I hope he gets it and goes!" exclaimed Dora quickly, and her face brightened a bit.
"Send me word if he does go," said Dick.
He remained for ten minutes longer, but what was said and done need not be mentioned here. When he left his heart was all aglow, while Dora was blushing deeply. "Best girl in the world," he murmured. "What an awfully nice young fellow," was Dora's thought.
"Hurry up!" cried Tom from the sleigh, when his big brother put in an appearance again. "I'm most frozen stiff! " And on went the cutter, the horse feeling quite fresh after his rest.
"I'll go ahead and see if the coast is clear," said Dick, when they reached the vicinity of the stable, and he leaped into the snow. It did not take long to walk to the barn. He was gone but a few minutes, and came back on a run.
"We are in for it!" he cried. "Mr. Strong is down at the stable talking to Peleg Snuggers."
"Great Cæsar! What's to do?"
"Get the stuff out of the sleigh first and hide it near the Hall in the snow," answered Dick. "Be quick!"
His advice was followed, Tom carrying the soda water and root beer and Dick the other things. All were hidden in a snowbank directly under the dormitory window.
This accomplished, Dick led the horse up to
