Molly Brown's Junior Days

themselves together and appear at the breakfast table. Judy had caught cold, and to disguise this condition ha

manded Jessie, hurrying in la

is it?" asked

cheeks, and Judy buried her snuffle

ody is talking about it," continued Jessie. "One of the chambe

sked Edith Will

ed through the Tower Room window, left a bench outside and the window open

," commented Katherine. "What

ssie mysteriously. "The maid said the watchman thought

r them if they are found out. I happen to kno

e you eve

at the table? But my older sister was in the class

ded Judy, forgetting her cold

wered the soph

ted company with her the night before she had been in the throes of a jealous rage and had spoken most insultingly to her best friend. Their glances shifted to Molly. The tw

ister. "They have made it up. Molly is an an

aret was

ed chocolates," said Margaret in Edith's other e

aking notice,"

" piped out Jessie again. "Don't you

they catch them?" a

unced Jessie impressively. "She left a trail

ould have traced her b

ng, but she must have remembered and held

," put in

iving, then," observed Margaret. "Else

cold and dark. Strange notion

nounced Jessie, when they had finished

like a serial story of adventure-a

l prepare for a thriller this tim

dy and Molly joined in the chorus with

nd a sl

her coffee cup to her dry, feverish lips. Molly, as usual under excitement,

obably fifty girls or even a hundred who wear the same size shoes here. Molly

Margaret, rising from the table, "and that is, all juniors can prove an alibi la

ccasion with fine spirit and tact. Molly's face

other slipper. And if the owner of that slipper takes my adv

and rushed back to their apartment. They locked a

apidly. "Judy, are your things dry? Get them quickly. They may search

on the heater all night, while Molly found tossed in a corner the mat

imed, "and that's anothe

ily, snatching the dress away from her.

Then they hastily made their beds, set their dressing tables to rights and dashe

ng, knowing that they were one and all engaged in producing a very important play the night before. A

t chapel, but, contrary to expectations,

tudent. "When Prexy doesn't say

consultation again until late in the afternoon. There was a busy sign on th

"and will keep out inquisitive pe

hing, while Nance was dosing her with a large dose of q

kill me, Nance,"

e. Molly, will you make her a hot lemonade? I think we had better get her to

e?" inqu

ver and there won't be any chance of another one to-day. You'll have t

king hot lemonade, and Nance hung a blanket over the heater and

ed under a mountain of covers, while she

gh sugar. I'll probably be melted into a fountain of perspiration l

nce sternly. "Whatever is left of you after the m

she had not been thinking

he divan and began a subdue

can't leave them in the piano because the moment

hide their bloodstained clothing underneath," o

m its hiding place and l

notions on the subject of clothes. "Suppose we take the

e wrong side. If it hadn't been so much admired, it wouldn't matter so very much, but some one's sure to ask to see it or b

, and presently were engaged in restoring the ol

ut that slipper?" demanded M

to that," replied Na