Finally, however, the crowd thinned away until only Dick & Co.

were together.
"Dan," said Dick, smilingly, "something struck you hard this morning, when Mr.Cantwell asked us all to bring the music-money on Monday." "He didn't say exactly 'money,'" retorted Dan Dalzell, quickly.
"What Prin.

did say was that each one of us was to bring fifteen _pennies_." "Yes, I remember," laughed Dick.
"Now, we couldn't have held that mob when school let out," pursued Dan.

"And now it's too late.

But say, if the Prin.