which this had occurred was the day when the ice-cream wagon came in from Flemington and disposed of its wares at the front entrance of the campus. At the time of her exhibit

ard the unusual commotion

you? To your room go you at once. To Mi

ing. "Fraulein Franz, you are a dear old soul if you do get your English verbs confused. Yo

n me, I did not know the cause. I

gain, but softly this time for Miss Burkh

too glad it was not Miss Burkham. If she had seen me, I'd had two weeks on the campus a

ame Cross had been forbidden by her father to play any but practice games. He thought she gre

been as well pleased as Hester was, had it fallen to their lot to substitute. Fortunately they were a

ormitory stairs, she found her own particular

ooking everywhere for you. Isn't it simply

expression of one on whom Fortune had frowned. On the contrary, she had

that I am such a precious article that I should be done up in cotton. One thing, Hester, if you play a match game, you'll

to this sentiment, when an audacious remark

best taste about choosing them, and you never see a pin or hook loose. Yet we never yet have heard her say she was satisfied. So we just concluded that we wouldn't enc

h everything. My father is simply grand; I just adore this old seminary, and I think the girls on o

her voice had a sarcastic touch and her eyes had narrowed themselves into mere slits. Her words were a littl

she said slowly. "I'm always glad to se

do not have a bit of jealousy about letting a 'freshie' st

oals for us, suits us whether she's a freshman or a senior.

a and Mame in company with Bere

Hester was. It was fair, too. She's played better than any other

to toady," she said. "No doubt if you had played lacke

"Do you mean to say that Hester Alden plays lackey to Helen? Do you mean to say that Helen would permit it if Hester were foolish enough to do

beady eyes had their lashes drawn down upon

a temper; but one thing you may rest assured of: it is always

tion which you have evaded. You have insinuated things about girls who call me their friend and I

laughed lightly. "How very silly. A perfect tempest in

is in horribly bad ta

ou laugh at Helen for trying to stand in with the te

nd when every one who heard, knew that it was mere fun. It was mere give and take between every one

r shoulders as though she

hen the humor of the situation came to her. She laughed until the silvery echoes rang from one end of the corridor to the other; and th

Hester had gone to her room. Helen was busy prepar

yes. Miss Watson sent for me to come to her and then told me. I knew who proposed my name. It

ester embraced her warmly all the while declar

y a good game and justify my recommendi

your sake, for my own

t play well the next two weeks. Three weeks from next Saturday, we play the girls from Exeter Hall. They are the hardest squad we'll meet. Their coach is a college woman and a specialist in physical culture and athletics. The Exeter team is the

ment; but it spoke volumes. To the girl it seemed as though the one ambiti

w much the foster aunt had done for her, and what sacrifice of time and money, she had made. The one way which Hester saw to repay the obligation, was to do those things w

looking steadily before her. So she sat for some minutes but in those minutes, she anticipated every play in the coming game. She saw the goals she would make; she could hear the referee

k there is the least chance

replied Helen. "Miss Watson always permits me to c

t. During the next two weeks I might lose m

have had a single practice on the scrub. I try to be just, but sometimes I am afraid I am a little partial in choosing the ones I l

, I

r books; but one might as well have tried to charm a butterfly. Her thoughts flew from the

eek of school. Hester was beginning to understand what the girls had tried to convey to her that first day of school, when Sara had

uld have gone down on her knees to Helen

d like Helen." These were the thoughts which came to Hester. Inspired by them to express herself, she

ntensely practical when it came to her work. After her talk with Hester about the work o

, is beginning to show wear. I have had it for three years. The last time we played over at Kermoor, a hook came loose on the shoulder where my waist fastens. It was a trifle but it almost caused me to lose that game. It pestered me u

along the river's edge as far as the campus reaches and then climb ove

nd do not need exercise. You run along and I'll discipline my

ng on her red sweater and Tam-o-Shanter. "I'll be off or I'll kee

re good to look at, and which would have please

d it took her some time to find her own among the others which hung there. Her needles and thread were at hand, but hooks an

utting in everything in the line of mending that I might possibly need. I remembe

ad been stored here out of the way. Helen remembered that a box with hooks and eyes, button

had her allotted space and number of hooks; but keeping the floor divided was not so ea

xamining its contents. It required system for the boxes were many and the confusion great

she took up the box and opened it. She gave a sharp exclamation at the sight of its contents. She sat with it opened in her hand, looking at it steadily. Then she replaced the lid and put the box with the contents just as she had found them, back in the corner. She put t

ll, Helen?

Hes

ou wor

in that time to make me either ill or anxious? I have been putting the floor of the closet

me attention." Going to the door she flung it wide. "How nice it looks. The

ital actor, for she had showed neither anxiety nor emb

as not studying. She was reviewing certain little incidents of Hester's being with her. A score of trifles to which she had then given no thought, now appeared in gigantic proportion with most pretentious signs. Hester had shown no interest whatever when the pin had been lost. She had not helped look for it. Just before the holidays, Helen remembered it clearly now, she had found Hester

n, contrary to her habit, went down the hall to the room of one of the seniors. She did not ask Hester to accompany her and the l

th the merry-making. She felt that something stood between her and Helen. Just what that something was, she did not know, nor could she surmise. There was nothing tangible for her thoughts to work upon to reach a conclusion. She instinctively felt that something was wrong. In this particular case, instinct was stronger than reason. She crept into bed, although the

had gone wrong to cause this feeling of alienation. She would have cried had not her pride sustained her. The tears

off, she prepared hastily for bed. She did not once glance toward Hester, but that might have been because she was hurried. While Hest

ear that of her roommate. Hester was overcome with homesickness. Her prid

ing, Helen? Are you not go

Good-nigh

len. I mean the way y

s though hours had passed before Helen replied gently a