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I shall believe it then that Helen found the pin and allowed Hester to wear it. But if Hester comes back without it, I shall draw my own conclusions, and I shall feel justified in doing so." She did not dare to say this to Mellie, Erma, or the older girls. It was to Emma she spoke, and Emma being youngest of all, and new to school life, listened and believed.
All the while the growling and seething and gurgling of the water was heard above all. It was glorious. Little wonder that Erma had anticipated this with delight. The lights about the building were the only ones on the campus. The shadows were heavy where the girls stood along shore. Hester, to whom this scene was never old, although she had seen it every year of her life, stood entranced.
There were confessions on all sides. "We intended feasting on the senior banquet," cried Erma. "We had bribed Belva. He was to lead the caterers up to our third floor. You seniors would have sat waiting in the Philo Hall below." "No, indeed. You reckoned without considering that the senior class were not all dullards. We had heard of your plans.
"Oh, the sweet little boy!" cooed Miss Erma, trailing her De Vere robes to centre of stage. "Aw, shut up," said Bobby, with a scowl. "Who's a kid? You ain't, you bet." "Fresh brat!" breathed Miss Erma, beneath her enamelled smile. "We done the best we could," said Trinidad. "It's tough on Cherokee, but it can't be helped."
They have always treated me fairly." "They always will," said Erma. "They have never treated me fairly," said Berenice. "Every one I meet always tries to make something from me or treats me unfairly." Erma laughed and the girls followed her fashion. "They always will, Berenice," she said. "People always find what they are looking for. You always find in every place just what you carry there.
Renee came to borrow; Erma laughed merrily; Mame wept over the condition of her clothes which looked as though they were fresh from the French tailor; Josephine grew eloquent on moonlight, love-stories, and kindred subjects; Mellie Wright came and went like a gentle ray of sunshine.
Would you say this, Hester?" She began her reading on an abstract subject which was a theme worthy of a logician and Hester was compelled to listen. Meanwhile, down in Fifty-four, a number of girls had gathered. Erma was making good use of the chafing-dish while Renee was passing salt wafers and blanched almonds. Erma was laughing merrily, as she poured the cocoa.
Erma was in the little group. At the tone in Berenice's voice, Erma flushed. Like a flash there came to her a conception of the part she was playing in this. If she were Hester Alden's friend, she had no right to question her action and no right to wait at the door to find proof of her perfidy or her honesty. Erma raised her head proudly, "I think I shall not wait here. I shall see Hester later.
"Oh, the sweet little boy!" cooed Miss Erma, trailing her De Vere robes to centre of stage. "Aw, shut up," said Bobby, with a scowl. "Who's a kid? You ain't, you bet." "Fresh brat!" breathed Miss Erma, beneath her enamelled smile. "We done the best we could," said Trinidad. "It's tough on Cherokee, but it can't be helped."
But always, when other lights forsake us, our glorious Electra is ready to flood us with bright rays. As Queen of Light, I love all my maidens, for I know them to be faithful and true." "I love 'em too!" declared Betsy. "But sometimes, when I'm real sleepy, I can get along without any light at all." "Are you sleepy now?" inquired Erma, for the feast had ended. "A little," admitted the girl.
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