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"Ada has something I want," said Betty stubbornly. "She has to promise to give it to me first." Ada looked at the resolute little figure facing her. Betty, she knew, was capable of doing exactly what she had said. Mrs. Eustice had no more rigid rule than the one against going to town, day or night, without permission. Ada gave in.
Eustice's gown was of black or very dark blue silk, made simply and fitting exquisitely. Straight, soft collar and cuffs of dotted net outlined the neck and wrists, and her single ornament was a tiny watch worn on a black ribbon. "I wish Ada Nansen would take a good look at her," muttered Bobby. "I am so glad to welcome you, my girls," began Mrs. Eustice.
Staples and showed her in a very few words that she was coasting very close to the law by keeping the little platinum and diamond locket. "So," said Betty to Bobby, "if the lawyer gets it and Uncle Dick says he will I can wear the locket to parties at the school." "If Mrs. Eustice allows it," said her chum grimly. "You know, she's down on jewelry.
"Your corridor teachers will consult with me and will tell you when you are to come to me. And I hope you are to be very, very happy here with us at Shadyside." A soft clapping of hands followed this speech, and Mrs. Eustice stepped down from the platform to be instantly surrounded by the girls who had spent other terms at the school.
Eustice mounted the platform and tapped a little bell for silence. The principal was a gracious woman of perhaps fifty. Her snow-white hair was piled high on her head and her dark eyes were bright and keen. Wonderful eyes they were, seeming to gaze straight into the youthful eyes that stared back affectionately or curiously as the case might be. Mrs.
"Alice and I have only one trunk between us," she confided to Betty. "Mother said Mrs. Eustice never allowed the girls to dress much. I made Alice's party frock and mine, too. They're plain white." "So's mine," said Betty quickly. "Mrs. Littell wouldn't let her daughters have elaborate clothes, and the Littells have oceans of money. I don't believe Ada can wear her fine feathers now she has 'em."
"You have something that no amount of money could buy for you, and no lack can take away birth and breeding. And the training your mother wants you to have is worth sacrificing other things for. Ever since I heard Mrs. Eustice talk I feel that I know what makes her school really successful." A soft tap fell on the door. "Lights go off in ten minutes, girls," said Miss Lacey pleasantly.
"But you haven't any shovel," said the practical Sarah. "A-ha, you're a good detective, but you don't know motor trucks," replied Eustice, grinning at her, for he had taken a fancy to the odd child who had screamed to him not to mash the spider he had fished out of his lemonade cup. "All good motor trucks take a spade with them, under the seat, to use in case they are stuck on some muddy road."
"He keeps asking for more, and I won't have any money till the first of the month. I only meant to do like the girl in the book have a thrilling unknown correspondent. I never knew he would ask for money! Suppose he is a horrid, dirty tramp and he comes and tells Mrs. Eustice he found my note? I should die of shame!" "I'll have the money ready for you in the morning," said Betty firmly.
Eustice reserved one of the best seats for her at the play. Anyway, we'll be glad to have them, shan't we? And, oh yes, Aunt Nancy says she'll make us a cake as big as 'a black walnut tree' and two kinds of ice cream!" "And she brought the sandwiches up to Norma and Alice because she was determined they should have something for the picnic," thought Betty after the girls had gone.
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