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We brought in those big prep school boys and tried to give them the time of their lives, but our hearts weren't in it. We were thinking of those Mu Kow Moos that frat of all others blissfully towing home a prize they'd stumbled onto and didn't know anything about! We thought of those beautifully designed air-castles we were hoping to move into and we got pumpkins in our throats.
"Just go and see if there are many left in the Prep.," said Captain Dowden to his orderly. The orderly came back and reported that there were hardly a dozen. "Any Huns amongst them?" "Four or five, sir." "Are we still receiving?" "No, sir, we stopped about an hour ago. There won't be any more cases arriving to-night, sir."
The girls carried down the cups when they had finished, shook the table-cloth out of the window, carefully collected crumbs from the floor, so as to preserve their record for neatness, then gathered round the table again for an hour's fun before the bell should ring for prep. "It's a Valentine party, and I've got a ripping idea," said Gowan.
And you know, I'm not going to a university or anything of that sort. I'm just at the 'Prep' and taking up special branches outside with Mr. Howard." "What kind of branches?" queried Norma. "Oh, science, and physics, but specially entomology and forestry. He's in government service, you know." "He doesn't act a bit important or dignified, does he?" Norma said thoughtfully.
Yale had a good, strong team that had not yet found itself. But there were several of us Princeton players who knew from old association in prep. school the calibre of some of the men we were facing. Cochran and I have often recalled together that silent reunion with our old team-mates of Lawrenceville.
'Poor chap, thought Jim, with a chuckle, as he effected a retreat, 'I must have given him a bit of a start with my half-brick. After bolting the window behind him, he climbed down. As he reached earth again the clock struck a quarter to nine. In another quarter of an hour prep, would be over and the House door unlocked, and he would be able to get in again.
Would you say 'Dear Miss Eleanor, or 'Dear Miss Welsby'? I think 'Dear Eleanor' sounds rather cheeky." "I'll tell you what I should do," answered Diggory, who seemed to have a great idea of letting the fates decide these matters: "I should write 'em all three on slips of paper and then draw one." "Well, I'm going to write the letter in 'prep' this evening, and let her have it to-morrow.
"I shan't stop till I've finished this!" declared Merle stubbornly. "Not if I sit up all night over it. Bother the old 'Merchant of Venice' and beastly Latin verbs! I'll glance through them at breakfast-time and trust to luck. Surely Miss Mitchell will understand when she knows how busy I've been over this! I shall give it to her before nine o'clock." "Can't I help you? I've finished my prep."
Kate laughing during prep was a sight which had never been witnessed before, and they stared at her in mingled surprise and envy. "What's the joke?" asked Marjorie wistfully. "You might share it, I think, for I feel as if I should never smile again until the holidays. If there is anything amusing in these lessons to-night, I should like to have it pointed out, that's all!"
Matters, therefore, were at rather a deadlock, when there was a tap at the door and Mavis entered bearing the precious parcel. "Miss Mitchell, please! In case Merle won't tell, I've brought this. She sat up fearfully late last night doing it for you, and that's why she didn't do her prep. Please excuse me for coming in!" and Mavis bolted in much confusion.
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