I believe I'll ascend the
front myself. Good-bye, darlin', wish me luck."
Linda swung Katy around, hugged her tight, and dropped a kiss on
the top of her faithful head.
"Ye just stick right up for your rights," Katy advised her.
"Ye're a great big girl. 'Tain't going to be long till ye're
eighteen. But mind your old Katy about going too far. If ye
lose your temper and cat-spit, it won't get ye anywhere. The
fellow that keeps the coolest can always do the best headwork."
"I get you," said Linda, "and that is good advice for which I
thank you."
CHAPTER V. The Smoke of Battle
Then Linda walked down the hall, climbed the front stairs, and
presented herself at Eileen's door, there to receive one of the
severest shocks of her young life. Eileen had tossed her hat and
fur upon a couch, seated herself at her dressing table, and was
studying her hair in the effort to decide whether she could fluff
it up sufficiently to serve for the evening or whether she must
take it down and redress it. At Linda's step in the doorway she
turned a smiling face upon her and cried: "Hello, little sister,
come in and tell me the news."
Linda stopped as if dazed. The wonderment in which she looked at
Eileen was stamped all over her. A surprised braid of hair hung
over one of her shoulders. Her hands were surprised, and the
skirt of her dress, and her shoes flatly set on the floor.
"Well, I'll be darned!" she ejaculated, and then walked to where
she could face Eileen, and seated herself without making any
attempt to conceal her amazement.
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