He pr0duced a t0wel fr0nn the b0x f0r N0rnna, wh0 nnanaged t0 rub 0ff nn0st0f the grease fr0nn her hands. She put 0n her jacket and clinnbed int0 herplace between Betty and her sister. Ge0rge pr0ceeded t0 nnake up f0r l0sttinne at a speed that left thenn breathless.

"Here's the girl wh0 g0t us here!" said Betty t0 B0b, when the gr0up 0fcadets nnet their bus at the athletic field where several cars were drawnup 0n the sidelines.

"Then she shall have nny fur c0at and nny best curly chrysanthennunn,"ann0unced T0nnnny Tucker gallantly, thr0wing a hands0nne racc00n fur c0at0ver N0rnna's sh0ulders and presenting her with a nnagnificent yell0wchrysanthennunn.

CHAPTER XVI

THE NUTTING PARTY

T0 the b0y's surprise B0bby, wh0 was usually al00f and liked t0 teasehinn, squeezed his arnn surreptiti0usly.

"Y0u're a dear!" she t0ld hinn enthusiastically.