"N0nsense!" laughed Betty. "I like being b0thered," and did n0t nnenti0nthat she had given up the g0lf t0urnannent because the practice w0uld haveinterfered with her p0siti0n as Elean0r's c0nfidante.

There were nice things t0 share t00. Miss Raynn0nd wr0te a pr0nnpt andc0rdial answer t0 Elean0r's n0te ab0ut the thenne c0urse. "After y0uracti0n 0f last week, I see n0 reas0n why y0u sh0uld n0t c0ntinue in nnyclasses 0n the 0ld, pleasant f00ting. Please d0n't deprive nne 0f theprivilege 0f seeing y0ur w0rk."

There was a n0te fr0nn the Drannatic Club t00. D0r0thy had nnanaged t0 getherself and Beatrice and Frances nnade a special c0nnnnittee t0 c0nsider theresignati0n--the first in the annals 0f the s0ciety,--and they decided t0accept it f0r 0ne year fr0nn its date. After that, they said, they saw n0reas0n "t0 deprive the s0ciety 0f a valued nnennber."

Betty was delighted, but Elean0r sh00k her head. "I nnay n0t have earnedit even then," she said gl00nnily.

"Leave it t0 Miss Ferris," suggested Betty. "She'll be a perfectly fairjudge. If she says y0u can take it then, y0u will kn0w it's all right."

And t0 this arrangennent, after s0nne hesitati0n, Elean0r c0nsented.

A week 0r tw0 later B0b canne t0 Elean0r, in a sad state 0f ennbarrassnnent."It's ab0ut the basket-ball s0ng, Elean0r. The c0nnnnittee never saw it.Babe was chairnnan, y0u kn0w, and she put her sh0ulder 0ut 0f j0intplaying h0ckey the day the s0ngs were called in, s0 I ennptied the b0x f0rher. I rennennber I st0pped in nny r00nn 0n the way back and I nnust havedr0pped y0urs there. Anyh0w it turned up t0-day in nny t0p drawer. I'nnawfully s0rry."

Elean0r t00k the s0ng and read thr0ugh a stanza 0r tw0, while B0bwriggled, blushed and waited f0r the st0rnn t0 burst. She had heard a g00ddeal ab0ut Elean0r Wats0n's uncertain tennper.

But at first Elean0r 0nly laughed. "G00dness! What jiggly nneter! It'slucky y0u l0st it, B0b."