Jest think," she added
dreamily, "my little son, a lawyer!
"But I ain't never goin' to forget," she cried, flinging her head up with
a martial gesture, "that first of all, he was a soldier!"
CHAPTER XXV
TO "CARRY ON"
"I could be completely happy," sighed Betty, "if it weren't for just one
thing."
It was more than a week after the wonderful discovery in their Sergeant
Mullins as Mrs. Sanderson's long lost son, and until this afternoon the
girls had hardly been able to find a minute to get together and discuss
the remarkable affair.
But to-day they had secured very reliable substitutes to fill their places
for a few hours and the Outdoor Girls had decided to make the most of this
rare holiday.
Mollie had suggested a spin in the machine, and the girls had eagerly
assented, anxious to blow the cobwebs of hard work and confinement from
their brains and get out on the open road where they could think clearly
and freely.
Exhilarated by the rushing air and the sunshine, Mollie put on extra
speed, then gazed side-wise and wickedly at Amy.
"'Oh, Mollie, do be careful,'" she mimicked.
"'I don't care about dying, but I'd rather choose a neater death!'"
But for once Amy refused to bite. She simply smiled calmly and helped
herself to another of Grace's fast disappearing chocolates.
"Go as far as you like, dear," was her surprising comment. "I feel rather
wild and woolly myself to-day.
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