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The mail for the college was in, and among it they found several letters from home and also epistles from Dora Stanhope and the Laning girls. "Here's one for Tom that will cheer him up a bit," said Dick, holding up one addressed in Nellie Laning's well-known hand. The boys sat down in an out-of-the-way corner to read their letters.
"Wouldn't you like me for a sister?" queried Tom. "A sister! Oh, dear!" cried Nellie, and began to laugh again. "You looked like a female giraffe!" put in Grace Laning. "Sam acted a little boy splendidly. Sam, don't you want a stick of candy?" "Yes, mammy, please," squeaked Sam, just as he had on the stage, and another laugh went around. In the meantime Dick had drawn Dora to one side.
I wanted to go fishing, and so I got through as soon as I could. Oh, I guess it's all right." Tom was too lively a youth to pay much attention to his personal belongings. Often he hardly knew what suit of clothing he had on or what sort of a necktie. The only times he really fixed up was when Nellie Laning was near. Sunday passed quietly.
"'Pon my honor I wasn't," smiled Tom, but his look belied his words. "You were. If I mention her cousins, Grace and Nellie Laning, I guess the laugh will be on you and Sam " "We'll call it quits," answered Tom hurriedly. "They're all nice girls, eh, Sam?" "To be sure. But, I say, hadn't we best keep out of old Crabtree's way?" "I don't know as it's necessary," said Dick.
"Have they got the money?" asked the other Kentuckian. "They have a good deal more than that between them. The Rovers are very rich." "But they are only friends?" "More than that. Dick Rover is very sweet on Dora Stanhope, and Tom Rover thinks the world of Nellie Laning." "Then of course they'll help pay up especially if they hear the girls are likely to suffer.
Evidently Sobber and the lawyer had talked the matter over carefully, for the latter intimated that Sobber might settle the case if the Stanhopes and the Lanings would give him seventy-five per cent. of the fortune. Mr. Laning did not wish to go to law, and told Sobber he might be willing to settle for a small amount, say two or three thousand dollars.
"Who is it from?" "It is signed Dora Stanhope and Nellie Laning." "Give it to me I'll pay you the money," cried Tom. "All right, reckon as how I kin trust you-uns," said the old man. It was Jake Shaggam, who had received the message the evening before. He had read it with interest and started out at daylight to find out something about the Rovers and where they might be located.
Both of the Rovers were willing, and a short time later, with Songbird at the wheel and Minnie beside him, and the Rovers and the Laning girls in the tonneau, the touring car left the hotel and started on the way to the Sanderson cottage and the seminary. "What's the matter with a song?" cried Sam, as the car sped along. "Right you are!" returned his brother. "Girls, what shall it be?"
"Nellie likes fans very much." "So does Grace," returned Sam. "Say, what are you going to do?" "What are you going to do, Sam?" "I'm going to get one of those fans and send it, along with a box of bonbons and chocolates," answered the youngest Rover boldly. "And I'm going to send Mrs. Laning a pair of kid gloves," he added. "Then I'll send a fan, too," answered Tom, "and I'll send Mrs.
"I cannot say exactly the will mentions six bags of gold and one bag of precious stones, all packed in several chests." "It's queer I never heard of this from Dora," said Dick. "She told me about the other money her father left." "Mr. Stanhope kept the matter to himself, and at his death told only Mr. Laning, for as you know Mrs.
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