"Especially as the boys have been
following us around like Mary's little lamb, and have scared all the other
boys away."
"And without being conceited at all," added Amy, with a chuckle, "the
girls I've seen around the town really aren't calculated to steal their
hearts away."
"In that case, haven't we still got Sergeant Mullins?" chuckled Betty.
They laughed, and Mollie added, as they started to dress for the
afternoon:
"I wonder if the boys really expected that we wouldn't go to this special
bayonet drill to-morrow--especially when we've been longing to see one for
ages--just because Sergeant Mullins invited us?"
"I'm sure I don't know," said Betty carelessly. "But it really doesn't
matter since we're going anyway!"
CHAPTER IX
THE BAYONET DRILL
It was a beautiful sunshiny day, and the girls felt their spirits soaring
happily as they ran down the steps of the Hostess House and started across
the parade.
Also the, what appeared to them, foolish objections of the boys to their
attending the bayonet drill lent spice to the adventure, and they hurried
on gaily over the parade.
Sergeant Mullins, who had unwittingly caused all the excitement, was, as
the girls had said, a tall, splendidly built fellow, good looking to an
unusual degree, but very silent and reserved.
He had seemed immensely attracted from the first by the girls from the
Hostess House, and had made overtures in a half-shy, half-humorous manner
that the girls themselves had found very attractive.
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