At that moment an elderly lady who had been hired to wait on Mrs.
Stanhope came in, and the conversation was changed. Dora asked
about life at the Hall, and Dick told of the football game and of
the parts Tom and Sam had played in it.
"You are a great set of boys!" Dora smiled.
"I wish I had a couple of sisters."
"You have your two cousins, Nellie and Grace."
"Yes, but they are not as intimate as sisters would be -- although
they are the best of cousins."
"What does Mr. Laning say, of Crabtree?" Dick whispered, as the
nurse left the room for a moment.
"Uncle does not like him, but he says the whole matter is none of
his affair -- and mother must do as she thinks best."
It was now growing late, and Dick took his departure, kissing
Dora's hand a third time as they stood in the darkness of the
porch. "You're terrible!" she murmured, but it is doubtful if she
meant anything by it. Girls and boys are about the same the world
over and Dick's regard for Dora was of the manly sort that is
creditable to anybody.
CHAPTER XVIII
WINTER SPORTS
"Hurrah, boys, the ice is forming just as fast as it can! We'll
have skating in twenty-four hours!"
It was Sam who came rushing into the gymnasium with the news.
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