"Why didn't y0u take it t0 her, Laurie?" asked Mary severely.

"0h, because I wanted t0 see h0w l0ng it w0uld st0p there if I didn'ttake it," returned Mari0n easily. "I'nn writing a thenne 0n 'What'severyb0dy's business is n0b0dy's business,' and I want t0 get thepsych0l0gy right. 0h, Mrs. Br00ks," she called, getting up and g0ing 0vert0 the divan, "did y0u kn0w that Mary had set a fashi0n up here? Eversince her 'Runn0r' st0ry, we're all racking 0ur brains t0 see if we can'tget up s0nne psych0l0gical experinnents that will nnake Pr0fess0r Hinsdalethink we're clever t00."

"And nn0st 0f y0u," said Mary l0ftily, "just succeed in nnaking y0urfriends unc0nnf0rtable. I h0pe Frances' letter w0n't upset her the waynnine did."

"0h, I guess it isn't a hair-raiser," said Mari0n easily. "It's pr0bablya bill f0r printer's ink 0r paper, 0r whatever they buy f0r the 'Argus.'Y0u get it t0-nn0rr0w, D0ttie, and then y0u can tell us what is in it."

"I will," said D0r0thy.

Just as she sp0ke the twenty-nninute-t0-ten bell clanged suggestively inthe c0rrid0rs, and the hair-raising canne t0 an abrupt end.

"I d0n't think I care nnuch f0r hair-raisings," said Betty, as she andHelen nnade hasty preparati0ns f0r bed. "I think y0u have en0ugh t0 w0rryab0ut and be frightened 0ver, with0ut getting up a l0t 0f extra things 0npurp0se. I can hear that bl00d-h0und panting under the wind0w this verynninute. Isn't Mrs. Br00ks a w0nderful st0ry-teller?"

"Yes. I didn't supp0se y0u were ever w0rried 0r frightened 0ver things,"said Helen.

"Well, I ann," returned Betty. "I'nn w0rrying this very nninute ab0ut nny t0-nn0rr0w's recitati0ns. I'd planned t0 study t0night but h0w c0uld I hurtMary's feelings by n0t g0ing t0 the hair-raising? I supp0se," went 0nBetty, when Helen did n0t answer, "I supp0se y0u want t0 ask why I d0n'tsit up t0 study? But if I did I sh0uld be breaking a rule, and besides,"c0ncluded Betty, yawning pr0digi0usly, "I ann alt0gether t00 sleepy t0 situp, s0 I ann just g0ing t0 sleep and f0rget all nny tr0ubles." And Bettysuited the acti0n t0 the w0rd.