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VOLUME 92 NO. 34
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OMMY was waiting ut
I the station when the train
('iIl)iP. in from Paulding.
“I didn't mean to he frvsli
forth limitlilessly' the nionient
Mr. Meudowcroft uliglital from
the train. “I don't know what
got into iiie. I'm awfully cut up
about it. Golly! I wish you'd
given me a good licking.“
“Th.:Lt's all right, Toiiiniy,"
Mr. Itleadowcroft said. lie
stopped and supported himself
on one (emtch in order to shake
hands with the boy. “I reali7A=d
aiterwards that it was nothing
but lilustxer. we're too good
friends to let anything come be-
tween us. "
“I wish you'd hung a book
at my hr.-ad!" declared Tommy
savagely.
“ 'our slamming the door
nirule sutlicieiit ooinniotioii, " ob-
served the other with 9. sinile.
"And besides, don’t forget that
you’ve Rot something else com-
ing to you on Monday. "
Toinniy grinned his acknowl-
edgnient. As they went on, Mr.
Mezvlow roltwait4%d..liopingtiiat
the boy miglit have a word to
say on the inntter nt issue.
’1'oiiiiny's retimnce confirmed
his belief that, like his false-
hood, his p:irtiL'ipai.i(in in the
trouble had been solely for the
sake of Sili4'iiIlIlR the real cul-
prit, uhom he had to conclude
was linny l'o;.:any.
“lloiiday isn't all," Toniniy
went on molly. “Gollyl But
dad was fierce when he found
I‘d been saxsing you. No uiagic
for yours truly till after school's
out in June. ”
“Wh:tt’a that you say, Torn-
my ?" Mr. rlleadowcroit cried.
really aghast, stopping short in the
snow. lie wislied he had done any-
thing before he had brought that
upon the boy, who was, when all was
said, the straightest and most loyal
iellmv a man could ask to know.
“ I’m right sorry, Tommy,” he
said seriously. “I wish I could do
5(hI!IPti)ilI;,' about it. ”
“Oh, you needn't bel" said the boy
stimchly. I wouldn't 'a’ told you 5'
only 1 wruma you toknow I th0lli.'llf.
it served me just right. For OIII1‘ in
his life dad did just the right thing."
said Iresitntirigiy as they paused at his
gate, “that I shall be here to-night and
to-iiiorrow after school and all Satur-
day and Sunday, if she should feel like
talking liIilII,’:i over. Things might semi
easier and different her '
Betty received the word indiiferently.
It failed to penetrate her wretchetliiess
deep enough to mitke any il'IIDI’F.SSi0ll.
Terrible in the experience of the morn-
ing had been. it already seemed far in
the past, and her one thought was or
Rose and their Visits to Dr. "unde-
grift All meiiied lost, yet she could not
give up. One chance remained. They
might induoe llr. Vandegrift to cliaiige
the hour so that they could go to him
directly ILHAII” school, in which case they
would have to persuade Aunt sand.
and Mrs. Iiarruw to consent to their
getting: home nea.rly an hour later. ’l'hrit
so-eiiied iIIIpll&iiiJiE, but the girl was
desperate. She wmidered whether irhe
would win or lose by appealing in IN‘!
father. But when Monday (:ime'sIie
had not 3 r-t dwidrd.
On llomluy niomlng Mr. .‘ie:ulow.
croft mzaiii iriiiniiioned the thnse to the
bench boforo the desk that was like
the bar of jiisrtice. For Betty, at lmirt,
the ordotil of walking the length of the
rciuiolrooni with everyone looking at
, her was so trrrihle that it acted as an
the ls-arson n.&<i;,’m>4:l lor after
slcliool with her, so that they
were fairly well prvep:i.rvd.
As Toiiiiiiy rveniarkr-d at iilizlit,
liowi-vi-r, it did not look like a
inexperience nizulo
Mr. .llomlowc,roi‘t mom criihzil
arid I‘)uIA’i.iIIL' than llr. A[']ri1--
ton, und when he iiizuio iijlltiili
l‘lIul't to be ummugn and In
take nothing for gnuitnl he was
truly to be drwulod.
“ My Irvorilieul “'a.sii‘t it
nerve?" Cl"i4‘d Ibose as they sink
into their seat on the four-hfilwn
train that night. “isn‘t. he the
limit when he's really iniul?
(lorxliioies me! Do you iiu1v]Irs42
be as bad as this every
day. lk-tty?"
“it will be worm Ile-hush,
hem he comes 0 ltow, we shall
have to :0 home on the sum
train with him every nizlitl I
u isil we hadn't sat down il(‘Il‘.
Mu-r this we'll take the very
hawk mat."
hi r. Iii('4I1il)W0I'lJii4 L'1‘0(-'lo<l tiioni
poli ly as he entir-red and took
the suit opposite them. Toinrny
joined him, and the two talked
pl:-a.<:uitly all the way. The girls
wen: silrnt until they stmd at
i‘tose':4 door.
“IKUMI, darling, don't-don‘:
fool too badly I" Belly r-ntrvati-d
her, with her eyes full of iniirs.
“Don't give up. ’I'lio,r4- may be,
even yet, mine way out. "
“Oh, I don't nilndl" mid
Ilrrso coolly. “It's rather fun.
liui. poor mother! She'll have a
[it gr-tti rig up all that Latin comp
every night."
“Alter this we'll do it at noon
and coming home on the train, "
mu-x Iv mun mom-v
'1HERE.‘I’HERE, CHILD. cnv IF vou LIKE AND HAVE 11’ our THAT
wnv.‘ HE SAID cznru
BOLINCING BE
unmsthetlc, as it were, mid made her less
sensitive to the tri:i.l und the verdict.
Mr. Me.-iduwcroi‘t’s mzumu-r was diilercnt
today. He was quiet iind .st‘elll9d. sad rather
than indignant; and his voioe sounded weary
-perhaps dismunigml. Alter asking whether
any of them had anytliinl: to say. any explana-
tion to outer, and rewiviii,-3 no response, he mi
that he hardly knew Iiow to deal with such
insubordination; that for the hrst time he re-
lnetted that some one else had not taken Mr.
Appleton’; place during his ilhiess-one who
would know better how to hundle the situa-
tion, or one whom they would have respect
too niubh to defy in such fashion. V
As he paused Rose Gilxght her breath us it
she were about to spook; ’i‘oiiiniy flushed so
deeply that all his irwklu,-3 disappeared; and
Betty becanie very pale.
He went on quietly. All that, oi ooume, was
beside the point. Iii-to he was, and must deal
wltli the ease as best he would. Ile could not
help doubting whether the two who had of-
fended a second time, who had gone on break-
ing t.iie rule after liuvinxz been wamed, ought
to rmnnin longer within the sdiool.
The silence of the room was appalling. Mr.
.‘ie:idowcroi't inmle R hnul appoaL
"I’erlinp.x Miss I‘-vgany, even if you ectnl
doliberatx-ly, you won]-ln'tdo it again-perlinps
you regret it now?" he said kindly.
She thought she could not hour It. But them
was nothing that she oould say. She tried to
steady herself by tlilnlrlm; of June, but now
its promise was too inswure to oonifort her.
The pause was agonizing,
“Am I to understand that you acted dollh-
emtely and have no rerrn-t?" he said quietly.
At that Betty grew even paler, but she main-
tained her silence. Toiniiiy raised his hand.
"Well, Finns-rriore?"
“it was just the same for me as for them,
Air," he suid rEL<pecti’uily. “I limit! what you
said the first time, and nnyhmv I understood. "
"I dare say. Well, then, iimm of you would
iwein to belong in this school, the discipline of
“ilitil you have Hunted. Iloweve-r, in the ab-
scme or your regular teat.-livr, 1 run not willing
to put you out 1 shall see to it, nevertheless,
that so long as we all miiniii, you break no
further rules, and that, peiiiu-nt or not, you
do what is possible toward making up what
you have lost There are three weeks before
the Faster holidays. I)ur‘iniz that period you
are not to leave the school grounds lroin nine
in the morning until you go to your train at
night. And, beginning this afternoon, 1 shall
BSIK you to remain after school 1-wry day until
four o’olock, and to devote llioextm tinie solely
to Lutin oonipostion. I sluill hear you recite
everyday from quarter past tliivo on and shall
try to huve you miuly‘ to take the exaiiiiriatiun
with the others at the claw ol the tem. You
muy go to your s<-sits now."
As Betty realized that the lost ray of hope
was gone, she gluiionl fearfully at lime But
apparently Rose had not rrnurpid the full sig-
niiimiice of it all. As she nuido her way to her
rrat. she carried herself noin-lmlantly and put
out her tongue nnd made a funny face when
her liru-It was toward the dosk, I'oor Rosei
thouglit Iloity. When the mil int-uniniz of it
mum upon her, it might prove her doathblow.
All inoniiug Betty went about in n dllll‘. At
the noon recess she could not touch her lunch-
non‘, but after Rae had eaten, lk-tty went over
In-tty assured her. “To-ni;:ht
I'll come over after supper."
She was in truth glad of on
exuise to relieve her nnxlt-ly by
Roving loose again that night. But she
found her apparently much us ewr.
Batty nould not understand. Was lime
hiding her nanny, or had she not omiie
to full n-aiimtion yet? Or did she
perhaps trust llctty to iind a way out?
Betty herself did not utterly give
up. She looked for something to hap-
pen. The pipes might burst and the
building be so cold Ihat Flelltllli would
have who (iis-riiisanl. Or Blr. .‘iP3AIII“’-
emit might be called away at noon on
bnsim-sot Or H. very small fire might
break out, nnd in putting it out the
firemen would hood the piiwt’ and uiulto
it uiiinhaliitalile ior the rest of the day.
And if nothing happened? I14-t'.y
(DIl.ViAik‘n'd boldly leaving school during
the noon intermission. She would have
risked it herself to save Rose, but slie
realized that it would do no i:ouL It
would be only for once, and the dirrst
consequences would follow. Oh, if only
Dr. Vandogrift would let her give the
men‘-st hint to some one personl Iiut
be had tlimitened never to see lam
aguin if they even mentioned it to liirii
before the am of June
All Wediivsday she waited in terrible
siispeiise. For the first time siiioe she
had bmn in the high school, she failed
in all 1101' lessons Iler recitation in
on-oi; with so pour out in. )Iezulou-
emit was at iil"S! aniazed and then indig-
nant; she muddled the simplest tliinirx
until he was fumed to believe that tho
girl was dc-lib:-rately trying to be im
hateful as she (17
The noun il1tA‘l’1’IIl&<iuIl r-nine, and
none of the events that Betty had
hoped for had liappened. Tliere Wits nu
suspicion of smoke. and no tries-wmzi-r
had come tocull Mr. )ImduwcI1rft.awiiy.
Again Betty was unable to tnueii her
lunilioon. Too ooniplotuely distnu-mi to
go met the lesson with Rose, she II('l.‘).'t’(I
Tummy to do it. and tied to a corner
0! the pzyiiinztsiluii to be by herself.
Five HIiIlIIiA'8 before time for the boil
to ring she eiiiergul, went to Mr.
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