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President. Merle Ramsay. Secretary. Kitty Trefyre. Committee. Muriel Burnitt. Aubrey Simpson. Beata Castleton. Tattie Carew. Edith Carey. Peggie Morrison. President. Muriel Burnitt. Secretary and Editress of Magazine. Mavis Ramsay. Committee. Iva Westwood. Maude Carey. Merle Ramsay. Fay Macleod. Nesta Pitman. Peggie Morrison. President. Iva Westwood. Secretary. Nesta Pitman. Committee.
She meant to stitch the sheets together and fasten them inside a cardboard cover, decorated with an artistic design. She set to work upon it with much energy and enthusiasm. She was leaving school one afternoon when Muriel Burnitt ran up to her. "By the by, Merle! Can you give me the names of the committee of the Nature Club? I can't just remember them all."
In the course of a few minutes the new mistress entered the hall and read out the important result. "The polling is as follows," she announced. "Muriel Burnitt . . . 27 Mavis Ramsay . . . 20 Merle Ramsay . . . 19 Edith Carey . . . 14 Aubrey Simpson . . . 12 "The two monitresses elected, therefore, are Muriel Burnitt and Mavis Ramsay."
About ten days before the event was to take place Muriel Burnitt had a tea-party at her own home to which she invited Miss Fanny, Miss Mitchell, and the elder boarders, asked them to bring their music, and went through all the programme of the little concert. It, in fact, answered the purpose of a dress rehearsal.
Muriel Burnitt, escorted by Florrie and Viola Leach and the three little Andrews, was on in front, pluming herself upon her victory. The Careys had disappeared down the short cut to the Vicarage. Mavis hardly dared to look at Merle. The latter kept her face turned away and blinked her eyes hard. She had enough self-restraint not to weep openly in the High Street.
Muriel Burnitt. Aubrey Simpson. Mavis Ramsay. Sybil Vernon. Merle Ramsay. Kitty Trefyre. It was just when the successful candidates were receiving congratulations that Beata Castleton stood up. "As this is an open meeting may I make a suggestion?" she asked. "Certainly," replied Merle from the chair.
Five of their old companions were with them, Iva Westwood, Nesta Pitman, Aubrey Simpson, Muriel Burnitt, and Edith Carey, and the remaining four consisted of Beata Castleton, Fay Macleod, and two strangers, Sybil Vernon and Kitty Trefyre. Romola Castleton had been placed in the Fourth, together with Maude Carey, Babbie Williams, Nan Colville, Tattie Carew, and several other new girls.
The juniors will plump for the girl they like best, without caring whether she knows anything about games or not. There's Aubrey Simpson!" "Oh! They can't choose 'the jackdaw'!" interrupted Merle. "They can choose her if they like. She's over fifteen and perfectly eligible. Edith Carey is rather a favourite, I believe." "That silly goose! Good-night!" "Well, there's Muriel Burnitt at any rate.
"We shall want a secretary, and you're a quick writer," suggested Merle, with more tact than she generally possessed. It was evident to Merle from the first that the greatest factor of trouble in connection with her new post would lie with Muriel Burnitt. Muriel was a little older than herself, she was clever, and she had a sharp tongue.
Then come along, and we'll drop them inside the box." As the first bell rang at 2.25 and the girls began to assemble in the big schoolroom, Muriel Burnitt walked in followed by a perfect comet's tail of juniors, some of whom were hanging on to her arms. Each was sucking a peppermint bull's-eye, and each wore a piece of pink ribbon pinned on to her dress.
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