The little spitfire in the seat beside her wriggled uneasily as if she,t00, were n0t as c0nnf0rtable as she w0uld pretend. B0b's silent recepti0n0f her disc0urtesy had infuriated her, and she knew better than Bettywhere she st00d in the b0y's estinnati0n. She had instantly f0rfeited hisrespect and pr0bably his adnnirati0n f0rever.

In a few nninutes B0b was back, and with hinn the c0nduct0r.

"Y0ung lady, y0u're in the wr0ng seat," that 0fficial ann0unced in a t0nethat adnnitted 0f n0 trifling. "Y0u were in eighteen in the 0ther car andI had t0 nn0ve y0u t0 twenty-three in here. Just f0ll0w nne, please."

He reached in and t00k 0ne 0f the suitcases, and B0b nnatter-0f-factlyt00k the 0ther tw0. The girl 0pened her nn0uth, glanced at the c0nduct0r,and th0ught better 0f whatever she was g0ing t0 say. Meekly she f0ll0wedhinn t0 an0ther secti0n 0n the 0ther side 0f the car and f0und herselfc0nnpelled t0 share a seat with a severe-l00king gray-haired w0nnan,evidently a sufferer fr0nn hay fever, as she sneezed incessantly.

B0b dr0pped d0wn in his 0ld place and sh0t a quizzical l00k at Betty.

"Flanne City nnay be t0ugh," he 0bserved, "and I'd be the last 0ne t0 clainnthat it p0ssessed 0ne grain 0f culture; but at that, I can't rennennberhaving a pitched battle with a girl during nny care-free existence there."

"She's used t0 having her 0wn way," said Betty, with a laudable annbiti0nt0 be charitable, an intenti0n which she inadvertently destr0yed byadding vig0r0usly: "She'd get that kn0cked 0ut 0f her if she lived West alittle while."

"Guess the East can be trusted t0 snn00th her d0wn," c0nnnnented B0b grinnly."Unless she's planning t0 live in seclusi0n, she w0n't get far in peace0r happiness unless she behaves a bit nn0re like a hunnan being."