zing-out we met with last September,"
commented Ronny.

"Neither can I. I feel chilly every time I think of it. Br-r-r!" Jerry
made pretense of shivering.

"Well, we all know whose fault that was," shrugged Leila.

"Precisely what I said just before we left the train," nodded Jerry. "We
couldn't understand for a long time why those three Sans should have
taken it upon themselves at all to meet our train. We have a clear idea
now of why it was. Tonight, at the celebration, I'll hold forth on the
subject. Let us not mar the sweet joy of meeting by gossiping," she
ended with an irresistibly funny simper.

"No; let us not," echoed Leila dryly. "Be quick with your choosing now.
Time will keep on flying."

Five minutes later, Marjorie, Ronny, Helen and Jerry were leaving the
station yard in Leila's car. Muriel, Lucy, Katherine and Vera occupied
the latter's smart limousine. In comparison with the subdued almost sad
little party they had been on the previous September, the Five Travelers
were now a very merry company of adventurers in the Country of College.

On the front seat of Leila's roadster, beside Leila, Marjorie was silent
for a little, as Leila skilfully guided the trim roadster in and out of
the considerable traffic of Herndon Avenue, Hamilton's main
thoroughfare.

"Have you seen any of the Sans yet, Leila?" she presently questioned.
The car was now turning into Highland Avenue, which led directly to
Hamilton Estates. Marjorie glimpsed, in passing, the same wealth of
colorful leaf and bloom she had so greatly admired when driving through
the pretty town the previous autumn.

"No signs of them yet," Leila made reply. "I am not grieving. I am
wondering if they will be at the Hall again this year. Miss Remson
doesn't want them; that I know. After they made the trouble for you, she
declared she would not let them come back if she could help it."

"I know." Marjorie was silent for a moment. "I had a talk with Miss
Remson in June, just before college closed," she said slowly. "I asked
her not to make a complaint to President Matthews on my account. I told
her it would not make any difference to me if they stayed at the Hall. I
did not believe it would make any to the rest of the girls. None of us
had spoken to them since the meeting in the living room. None of us were
in the least afraid of them. We had as much right to be at the Hall as
they. She finally promised to leave me out of it entirely, but she
intended