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"Think what we all might have missed if we hadn't acquired a proprietary interest in Elfreda that day." "And now you can't lose me. There, that is the first slang I've used for months, and on commencement day, too." "Never mind, Elfreda. It is forcible at least. But we don't wish to lose you. You must keep your promise and come to Oakdale this summer."
"I will," promised Elfreda; "and now suppose we have one last sad tea party." It was almost midnight before Miriam and Elfreda went softly down the oppressively quiet hall to their room. "Are you happy, Anne?" asked Grace, slipping her arm about her friend and drawing her to the window where, dark against the moonlit sky, rose the tower of Overton Hall.
The caretaker soon overtook them with the key, and the little company crossed the street and traversed the deserted campus. "How strangely still everything is," commented Grace. "Not in the least like it was six months ago, is it, Elfreda?" "It gives me the blues," averred Elfreda in a low tone. "Here we are," called Mrs.
Accompanied by her friends, Miriam Nesbit and Anne Pierson, Grace began her freshman year at Overton College under a cloud which rose from her ready defense of J. Elfreda Briggs, a disgruntled student who had made enemies of two sophomores, and whose first days at college were made very unpleasant by them.
"What on earth is the matter, Elfreda," said Miriam. The answer was another long wail that made the girls glance apprehensively toward the door. "She'll have to be more quiet," said Grace, "or else every girl in the house will hear her and come in to inquire what has happened." Going over to the couch, she knelt beside Elfreda and said almost sharply, "Elfreda, stop crying at once.
"Yes," continued Kathleen sneeringly, "I have heard of the jumble you made of your freshman year. It took a number of influential friends to pull you into favor again, I believe." "Not half such a jumble as you are making of yours," smiled Elfreda. Then she went on gravely: "I am glad you mentioned that freshman year. I did behave like an imbecile.
If I can lose five pounds more this summer I shall be in fine condition for basketball next fall." "You did splendid work on the sub team this year," replied Miriam warmly. "I am sure that you will make the regular team next fall." "The upper class girls say they have very little time for basketball," mused Elfreda. "All kinds of other stunts crowd it out. I'm not going to be like that, though.
In the meantime Grace and Elfreda were leaning over the bed watching the doctor's diagnosis. Elfreda told him what had been done for the two children, naming the few home remedies that she had been able to find and administer to them. "Good, Miss Lizzie might have been dead by this time if you had not done what you did. Susie is not in quite such bad shape."
A glass of lemonade was brought, and Nora Wingate threw it into the face of the unconscious mountaineer. In the meantime, Elfreda was giving first aid to the injured wrist. Lum began to stir about this time, and, at Elfreda's suggestion, he was carried to a window where he might get more free air. The mountaineers were puzzled.
That's rather a long distance for Emma to come. You know she lives farther away than the rest of us. Why can't you come down to Wildwood again? I am nothing if not hospitable." "But it's my turn, now, J. Elfreda," protested Arline. "Why can't you come here?" "What's the use in taking turns?" propounded Elfreda sturdily.
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