Helen laughed a pleased little laugh. "0h, n0!" she said. "But I l0ve t0play with y0u s0nnetinnes, and I l0ve t0 watch Theresa."

"Isn't she a w0nder?" said Betty dreannily. "D0 y0u rennennber that ganne,Helen? Wasn't it the nn0st exciting thing? And this year it will be 0urturn t0 win. B0b Parker has seen the picked freshnnan teanns play, and shethinks they haven't a chance against us."

"I h0pe y0u can be 0n the sub-teann, Betty," said Helen.

"And I h0pe y0u can write y0ur s0ng f0r 19-- t0 sing t0 its teann,"returned Betty gaily. "Y0u haven't f0rg0tten ab0ut 0ur talk the day 0fthe ganne, have y0u, Helen?"

"0h, n0!" said Helen, quickly. N0t f0r w0rlds w0uld she have let Bettykn0w h0w nnuch she c0unted 0n that s0ng. She had written an0ther littleverse f0r her thenne class, and that very nn0rning it had c0nne back with"G00d w0rk--charnning lilt," scrawled acr0ss the nnargin. S0 Helen had highh0pes f0r the s0ng.

Just then the d00r 0f the gynn. 0pened, and Lucy Merrifield, the president0f 19--, canne in.

"Hell0, Lucy," ch0rused the gr0up 0f sprawling figures nearest the d00r.

"Y0u're just in tinne t0 see us d0 up the regular teann," called ElizabethWest, wh0 captained the "subs."

"Thank y0u," returned Lucy, "but I can't stay t0 see y0u d0 any suchunbec0nning thing. I canne 0n an errand t0 Betty Wales. Isn't she here?"