be summoned and put through an inquiry. In that case
some of them would be certain to weaken and confess."

"True," Leila nodded. "Dr. Matthews would be hard on them. He is so
bitterly opposed to hazing. It would stir up a great commotion. They
would be expelled. They ought to be," she added with force.

"Certainly they ought," concurred Jerry, "but who cares to be the one to
report 'em? I was thinking out the whole thing when we made our get-away
from that house. They don't know and they are never going to, unless we
tell them, who Ronny was or who did the howling. When they experience a
return of brains, for they certainly were rattled, they will naturally
guess that the surprise came from students. What they won't be able to
figure out is whether they were hazed by another crowd or by Marjorie's
supporters."

"They couldn't be sure that Marjorie would not leave word with some of
us as to where she was going," put in Lucy, "even though someone did put
that line in the letter asking her not to mention it."

"They must have had high ideas of her sense of honor," smiled Vera.

"I felt queer about telling the Lookouts, yet I believed it fair,"
Marjorie said quietly. "I am glad I did. And now let's forget it and go
and have a good time. We really ought to enjoy ourselves hugely, for I
doubt whether a single Sans will appear on the scene tonight. If they do
it will be late. I hope none of them were hurt in the dark," she added
charitably.

"Their fault if they were." Leila rose, her brooding face lighting
suddenly. "You have a most forgiving heart, Beauty. As for myself, a few
sound bumps will do them no harm. Make no mistake. Those of the Sans who
are presentable," she smiled broadly, "will get here as soon as they
can. All of them absent would be a grand expose. Some must appear to
take the curse off the wounded."

At that very moment the members of the high tribunal of the Scarlet Mask
were engaged in trying to make themselves presentable enough to attend
the dance. A crestfallen and weary company of avengers, they had at last
made harbor at Wayland Hall. Miss Remson had retired early on account of
a severe cold. The dance having claimed the other residents of the Hall,
there was no one to mark the line of dominos which stole cat-footed up
the stairs. There was considerable repairing to be done both to persons
and costumes before the Sans could appear in college society. In that
mad scramble to leave the dingy ho