CHAPTER XXI.
Gridley Seniors Whoop It Up "Oh, so many, so many congratulations, Dick!" came the response to Prescott's eagerly imparted information.
"And so you missed the dance just because you could sympathize with some one else's worry ?" demanded Dick.

"But say! The evening is still young, as dances go.

Couldn't you get dressed in a little while?
Then we could both go and celebrate my good luck." "I'm dressed," came the demure answer.
"What?
Oh---well, now, that's nice of you-----" "I have been expecting this good news," laughed Laura.

"And so I've been dressed all evening, on the chance." "And you'll go to the class ball if I come around quickly ?" "It would be mean of you not to come and take me, Dick!" "I'll have to change," declared Dick.

"But that never takes a boy long.