"If you had done that from the first, Mollie----"
"Oh, Will, please hurry," Betty urged impatiently. "I know you have
something good to tell us, and I wish you wouldn't keep us in such
terrible suspense."
"Well, since you appreciate how great is the----"
"Yes, yes, go on," Grace interrupted.
"News I am about to impart," he continued without a glance in her
direction.
"You will impart it," Allen finished for him.
"Thank you," said Will, bowing gravely in Allen's direction. "As our
friend says, I will proceed. Well, to come down to brass tacks," he
continued, dropping the air of dignity, which, considering his youthful
appearance, was always very comical, "I thought maybe you fellows would
like to put up a tent on the same island and camp there near the girls
for the rest of the summer. We could have no end of fun."
There was a yell of joy from the boys, and the excited exclamations,
questions and answers that followed showed that they agreed heartily
with Will in his last prophecy that "they would have no end of fun."
"Oh, won't it be great!" cried Betty, her cheeks flushed with
excitement.
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