See if I don't."

"No, you won't, Bet Baxter. You get so interested in the sports, the
motoring, the flying and all that outdoor science course, that you'll
never take a brush in your hand. And you won't study either!" declared
Joy.

"I'll have to," protested Bet. "Dad wouldn't like it if I failed to
come up to the high standard of the school. Dr. Dale's idea is that
modern sports develop the brain and make us wide awake and keen."

"Sounds fishy to me," returned Joy slangily. "I may be wrong but I
have my doubt that it works. If I had to go up in an airplane I'd be
so frightened I couldn't think straight for a year at least."

Suddenly Joy sprang up, her face white. "Say, Bet, does everyone at
Rockhill _have_ to fly?"

"Of course not, Joy. There probably won't be more than six in the
whole school who will go in for aviation."

"Thank goodness! I wish The Merriweather Girls wouldn't go in for
flying."

"Why, Joy Evans, I've already signed up for the aviation course. I
wouldn't miss it for worlds."

"Personally, I'd be content to stay on the ground," spoke Shirley.

No one else spoke. Joy was staring at Kit.

Then Bet turned to Kit and the western girl replied to her unspoken
question: Kit's bright eyes and daring smile told that she was game to
ride anything that could run or fly. "I'm with you, Bet," she said
heartily.

"We're all with you, Bet. We'll not be left behind. If you girls are
going to fly, we will, too," Enid drew Shirley toward the two girls.

"I was just thinking," exclaimed Shirley Williams, "that I can make
some wonderful photographs from the air."

"Well, since you're all going in for aviation, I suppose that includes
me. But I'll not do a thing unless I can wear one of those lovely
white leather costumes. I'm sure I'd look well in one!" This from
Joy, the butterfly girl.

"Then The Merriweather Girls stand together!" laughed Enid Breckenridge.

"Of course, 'One for all and all for one!'" said Bet, with a happy
smile on her face.

"And this year it will be THE MERRIWEATHER GIRLS--AT GOOD OLD
ROCKHILL." Kit waved an imaginary hat in the air. "I wonder what
adventures are in store for us there?"

"We've had so many wonderful experiences this summer that it seems as
if there couldn't be any more adventures left," mused Enid.

But Bet Baxter's face was glowing with the promise of future joys.
"Don't worry about that, girls! At Good Old Rockhill, we'll find lots
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