ew it to goal without any
trouble.

Before the juniors could get anywhere near the ball the whistle blew and
the game closed. Score 12 to 10. The sophomores had won.

The noise in the gallery was deafening. Miriam's sensational playing had
taken every one by storm. A crowd of sophomores rushed down to the
gymnasium and began dancing around her singing their class song. Her
cheeks were scarlet and her eyes blazed with triumph. She was a lion at
last, and now the rest would follow. She felt sure that she would be asked
to take the place of Grace as captain. She had shown them what she could
do. Grace had done nothing but cause trouble. The team would be better off
without her.

Anne and Jessica were waiting in the corridor for Grace and Nora. The two
players rapidly changed their clothes and soon the chums were walking down
the quiet street.

"Well," said Jessica, "Miriam has done it at last."

"She has, indeed," responded Grace, "and no one begrudges her her glory.
She made a star play and saved the day for us. She is loyal to the team
even if she doesn't like their captain."

"I don't know about that," said Nora, "I think she might have exerted
herself during the first game if she wanted so much to show her loyalty.
She was anything but a star player, then. I have no faith in her,
whatever. She cares for no one but herself, and that star play was for her
own benefit, not because of any allegiance to her team. She's up to
something, you may depend upon that."

"Oh, Nora, don't be too hard on her. She deserves great credit for her
work. Don't you think so, girls?" Grace turned appealingly to Anne and
Jessica.

"It was a remarkable play," said Anne.

Jessica made no answer. She would not praise Grace's enemy, even to please
Grace.

"You may say what you please," said Nora obstinately, "I shall stick to my
own convictions. The way those girls stood in the corner and whispered
during intermission was simply disgraceful. Mark my words, something will
come of it."

"Oh, here comes David on his motorcycle," called Anne delightedly.

David slowed up when he saw the girls, alighted and greeted them warmly.
He at once congratulated them on their victory.

"I congratulate you on having a star player for a sister," said Grace. "It
must run in the family." She referred to his late football triumphs.

David flushed with pleasure, more at the compliment paid to his sister
than the one meant for him.

"Sis can come u