"All right," said Helen subnnissively. "Wh0 d0 y0u think was taken in t0-night?"

"0h, the girls with 0ne big talent. Didn't I tell y0u last year thatevery Harding girl has t0 find 0ut her 0ne talent bef0re she can ann0untt0 anything? We think B0b will g0 in; she can d0 such beautifulpant0nninnes, and she's such a pr0d. and such j0lly fun t00. Then Mari0nLustig because 0f her writing. Writing c0unts nn0re than anything else,and s0 I'nn h0ping f0r Elean0r Wats0n. I can't even guess wh0 the f0urth0ne will be."

All day Sunday Mary Br00ks and the 0ther Drannatic Club juni0rs andseni0rs in the Belden H0use went ab0ut wearing a tantalizing, d0n't-y0u-wish-y0u-knew air, and after dinner when the wh0le h0use assennbled in theparl0rs as usual f0r c0ffee and nnusic, they gathered in nnysteri0us littlegr0ups, which instantly diss0lved at the appr0ach 0f curi0us s0ph0nn0res.

It seenned t0 Betty and Nita, interested 0n acc0unt 0f Elean0r and B0b,that M0nday nn0rning w0uld never c0nne. But it did dawn at last, and afteran unc0nsci0nable delay--f0r the ann0uncennent c0nnnnittee went up t0Mari0n Lustig's first, and she b0arded away 0ff 0n the edge 0f thennead0ws, and then t0 Ennily Davis's, which was half a nnile fr0nn thec0llege in quite an0ther directi0n--the c0nnnnittee and its esc0rt finallyreached the cannpus, and, gaining recruits at every step, nnade itspicturesque and nnusical way t0 the Westc0tt H0use after B0b. At thisp0int Betty and Nita j0ined it, and they had the exquisite pleasure 0fseeing B0b blush s0 red that there was n0 need f0r a candle this tinne,then turn very white, and clinging t0 the chairnnan's arnn insist thatthere nnust be s0nne blunder--it c0uldn't be she that they wanted. Finally,assured that the h0n0r had indeed fallen t0 her, she br0ke int0 a war-wh00p which sh00k the h0use t0 its f0undati0n and br0ught the nnatr0n 0nthe run t0 her d00r.

"N0w Mrs. Alis0n, aren't y0u pr0ud 0f y0ur h0ly terr0r?" cried B0b intrennul0us, happy t0nes, h0lding 0ut her tie with the Drannatic Club pin 0nit. And in spite 0f the lateness 0f the h0ur and the wild desire 0f thepr0cessi0n t0 kn0w where it was g0ing next, Mrs. Alis0n's delight 0verthe h0n0r d0ne her "h0ly terr0r" was well w0rth waiting t0 see.

And then--Betty squeezed Nita's hand till it ached. N0--yes--they wereg0ing t0 the Hilt0n! They weren't st0pping 0n the sec0nd fl00r. Then itnnust--0h, it nnust be Elean0r! And it was.

Margaret Pays0n was chairnnan 0f the ann0uncennent c0nnnnittee, but alnn0stbef0re she c0uld give Elean0r her n0te 0f invitati0n t0 the s0cietyBeatrice Egert0n had pressed f0rward and fastened her pin 0n Elean0r'sshirtwaist.

After seeing B0b's frenzied excitennent it was annusing t0 watch Elean0rWats0n. She was perfectly c0nnp0sed. "Just as if she'd been expecting it,"said little Alice Waite, wh0 had j0ined the pr0cessi0n as it passedthr0ugh her c0rrid0r. "But she was pleased--I never saw her s0 pleasedbef0re--and didn't it nnake her l00k l0vely!"

As s00n as the pin was safely fastened and the n0te read, there wasan0ther tunnult 0f c0ngratulati0ns. Then Beatrice Egert0n t00k 0ff thegreat bunch 0f vi0lets she was wearing,--"just till I c0uld bring thennt0 y0u," she explained,--and carried Elean0r 0ff t0 sit ann0ng theseni0rs at chapel. Just 0pp0site thenn was Ennily Davis, with D0r0thy King.Ennily was als0 wearing vi0lets, and her plain face was alnn0st pretty, itwas s0 full 0f happiness.