A pair of a school girl

es past eleven on the first

or seven whole weeks had

er mercies of paperhangers

onted aspect of life and

he opinion of everybody c

fresh school year, and par

, many changes made in th

long list in the register.

t morning in the great l

ollege; five additional c

esses. At the eleven o'clo

hronged the staircase and p

oms, and overflowed int

rts and descriptions, fro

mn and overawed) from the

eventeen who were studyin

the Juniors' Common

whose average age probab

ie Morris was a giantess

re bent together in clos

active, for after the long

about that it seemed almo

ems of news with s

nd," said Grace Russell.

t! Pictures in the cla

lass window in the lecture

nd the studio floor polish

p from top

didn't smell so abominab

opened the studio door

ool certainly looks much

has been

shed ink on the wall las

ross Miss Hardy

t I'd done it on purpose,

. Well, thank goodness we'

h their forms. I'm of the

ls that I don't know than t

rse, and she may c

our being in the Upper Four

Har

up together," said Doroth

nd, and she won't be miss

he addition of

vie Morris, "that we're t

of us will be chosen Ward

after

a frantic excitement! We s

f Miss Tempest has put up t

ard and see; there's just t

at once, pushing and jos

ture hall. There was a crow

ir way to the front notwith

s's own handwriting, and t

ointment, according as th

se

rra

gust

uck f

t call

othy Greenfield

ch of you'll promi

rge day school. Its pupil

rounding district, many co

er the headmistress-ship

that extra accommodation

hall and dressing-rooms b

the building. Avondale pr

ys easy for a day school to

Miss Tempest, in spite of

of union among her pupi

good of the community. Sh

extbooks were studied, but

e encouraged the girls to

ns, and by the help of vari

ns, and to play an intelli

Nature Study Union, a G

c Circle, and a School M

these societies was in the

Sixth Forms, but in order

of the Upper Fourth was e

was privileged to attend s

of the interests

n exceedingly coveted hon

mouthpiece of the lowe

eader of the rest. It was th

of the reopening day. Six

re voted for by the member

rd and Fou

r this election, none w

othy Greenfield, and as o

few words of description.

girl, and though at pres

he had several good points

dark grey eyes, with their

escript nose. She lacked

despite her rather thin che

er mouth was neat and fir

y, fluffy brown hair that

nd hanging over her ears.

Jack's beanstalk, and she

volved a certain angulari

y fits and starts; she for

as amiable or irritable a

erself most attractive, co

her. She had a favourable

marked "excellent" in he

tennis, had played a piano

the Arts and Crafts Exhi

the Schoo

ll-round record, therefo

f success as anybody else

er hopes run high. The ballo

ime for canvassing; but sh

ces would allow. She wa

r, she strolled into the

dy some papers were pinned

ious ca

Barnett, the h

r friends to support her

olicits the favo

es upon the kindness

vie Morris. "Aren't you g

hers are getting up their a

n the list o

n't," replied Dorothy. "I

han Noëlle

ut there! it can't be helpe

d bear it. Is this you

aper from Dorothy's hand,

followi

t the schoo

l look in m

oast and br

blowing my

u think in m

e suited t

I, but fon

games of o

I can ru

part, as w

all your wan

speech at

all schola

ts of the L

leader I

vote, please

verses you

for the Lower

?" asked Dorothy. "I mad

my knee under the desk.

le's, and I thought perha

ng ad

ommented Mavie, "

e must state one's qualific

Val's notice-she calls he

iously. I don't believe s

last season. One needs mo

t as well a

t's why I tr

t stuff poetry. Half o

een Dorothy's dark eyeb

erary b

ers. Everybody isn't so vi

it up here or

but I warn you, Dorothy, I

e i

y n

but it's cheeky. I'm afraid

ou'll tear it up and jus

eld' in

s advice was not at pres

e much preferred her ow

he answered loftily. "It ca

yh

if you're going round can

-

it to listen. She was

c effort; and having mani

s on the notice board, she

mined to use every means

d to be to go round per

rls now," she thought, "an

when they come back in th

the Third and Fourth! It

l. Why, I never asked Mav

he detests Val, and she's n

there's Grace. Had I bett

e

that as she had left Ma

em a little beneath her di

t into the playground in

first in the field, by a

s were hard at work coaxi

arnshaw and Noëlle Ke

ticular favourites. Hope La

mber of small girls

r?" thought Dorothy. "Tho

bother with them. She's ac

and taken Nell Boughton o

suppose she's letting Bla

nvassing

oo much occupied with h

neighbours' movements. T

r was no mean task, and tim

sion she possessed, and fl

e quarters; but very few

of them, especially thos

the importance of owning

wer to w

rd what you all six have t

ingly. "I shan't make up

nu

ose between you," added E

n of

offensive, and in any o

snub. As it was, she poc

remember her. She heard

back and shake them; bu

this sort of thing if

l the same, it's sickening

iots lik

found all the possible

ommon Room. Mavie had go

board talking, and reading

ed up to see how her verse

n on different minds, to j

her

!" exclaimed

e show, does she?" s

lovely!" gushe

rtainly!" giggled Phyllis

e you wer

u, Dorothy," said Bertha,

ce is on Val's side. If yo

. You'd better not waste a

t's best to get first

and hurried off to the

some of her own classmat

bugs", and were almost s

ess to listen to her, wh

from some

ie Gray, talking with dif

l's been round, and

sus lacrosse contest, and

urmured El

ly ripping

" exclaimed Dorothy scornf

ommend

eppermint 'humbugs'? I ca

menda

give yo

hat and bolted out into

s James didn't catch h

d to everybody," added H

en

cheeks put on a colour.

gnat

ominably mean!" she bur

didn't think Val was capab

l how unfair it is

the same if you'd liked,

preference for cara

d Dorothy. "Surely you ou

ugs' or caramels? Such a

at th

s for us," giggle

e you don't care wheth

urably

if she's

bsolutely disgusted! If yo

rden, you don't deserve

, Dorothy!" c

t I think of you: you're a

k of public spirit, and if t

se lin

nterrupted by the dinner b

the offending peppermints,

empty chairs. She followed

ad been foolish and most

e words had rushed out be

d for me in any case," s

r all, they're only a minor

a draw, and that no one wi