time." Purposely, to make sure she was
right, she said boldly: "Miss Dean, will you go to the basketball tryout
with us on Friday afternoon?"

"Yes, do," urged Geraldine Macy, eagerly.

"We'd love to have you," came from Susan Atwell. "We understand that you
are a star player."

"Of course you must," smiled Irma Linton.

The French girl alone hesitated. Her eyes roved speculatively from one
face to another, then she said suavely, "Come by all means, Miss Dean.
It will be quite interesting."

"Thank you. I shall be pleased to go with you." Marjorie ignored
Mignon's slight hesitation, although she had noted it. "I wonder if you
are all as fond of basketball as I," she went on quickly. "It's a
splendid game, isn't it?"

Her new acquaintances answered with emphasis that it was certainly a
great game, and, the ice now broken, they began to ply their new
acquaintance with questions. How did she like Sanford? Did it seem
strange to her after a big city high school? What subjects had she
selected? Had she met any other girls besides themselves?

Marjorie answered them readily enough. She was glad to be one of a
crowd of girls again.

"Have you met any other girls?" asked Geraldine Macy, abruptly.

"I met a Miss Seymour before I had even gone as far as Miss Archer's
office. She is a delightful girl, isn't she?"

No one of the five girls made answer. The little freshman regarded them
perplexedly.

"Mm!" ejaculated Muriel Harding. "You wouldn't think her quite so nice
if you knew as much about her as we do. Wait until you see her play
basketball. She plays center on the sophomore team, and she makes some
very peculiar plays. She's always creating trouble, too. She and some of
her sophomore friends seem to have a particular grudge against Mignon.
They are forever criticising her playing. They have even gone so far as
to say that we don't play fairly; that we are tricky. The idea!" Muriel
looked highly offended at the mere idea of any such thing.

Marjorie listened without comment. Muriel's ready tirade against the
pleasant-faced sophomore who had willingly offered her services that
morning made her feel decidedly uncomfortable. Then Miss Seymour's
straightforward speech to Miss Archer came back to her. The sophomore
had been generous to her enemies, if they were enemies, in that she had
refused to mention any names. Marjorie wondered if Muriel or Mignon
would be equally generous in the same circumstances. She resolv