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Girl at your partner 's -- Joe Calvin 's , and a boy down at Dick Bowman 's ! '' He paused and smiled and added musingly , `` And they 're as tickled down at Dick 's as though he was heir to a kingdom ! '' `` And Joe -- I suppose -- not quite -- '' `` Oh , Joe , he 's still in the barn , I dropped in to tell him it was a girl . But he wo n't venture into the house to see the mother before noon to-morrow ! Then he 'll go when she 's asleep ! '' `` Dick really is n't more than two jumps ahead of the wolf , is he , Doctor ? '' `` Well , '' grinned the elder man , `` maybe a jump-and-a-half or two jumps . ''