CHAPTER VI
LAURIE TALKS TOO MUCH
But Laurie didn't have to telephone to Bob.
Bob was waiting in No. 16 when the twins
returned from supper. There had been no opportunity
to take Ned into his confidence in dining-*hall,
and, since Laurie wouldn't have thought of
embarking on even the most inconsequential enterprise
without his brother's aid, the first step,
as he now saw it, was to put Ned in possession of
the facts. So, closing and locking the door in
the manner of a conspirator, Laurie faced the
eager Bob and the mystified Ned and began the
recital of the pathetic story of Miss Comfort.
And, as Laurie told it, it certainly was pathetic.
Having found, as he believed, a way of making
good his boast to Bob the day before, he set out
determinedly to win his hearers to the cause. He
not only wanted moral aid and counsel but pecuniary
assistance in the matter of that telegram to
Sioux City! So he made a very moving story of
