y and held woman's
suffrage meetings in the street.

The dialogue was clever, and the action of the sketch so ridiculous that
the audience laughed from the first line until the climax, especially
when the suffragette was hustled off to jail by Tom Gray, in the role of
a policeman, for disturbing the peace, while her husband and child
executed a wild dance of joy as she was hauled off the scene, protesting
vigorously.

The applause was tremendous and the cast were obliged to bow their
thanks several times before it subsided. Songs, speeches and recitations
followed rapidly until everyone had contributed something in the way of
a stunt. Then the guests formed two long lines from the living room
straight through the big archway into the drawing room, and soon a
Virginia reel was in full swing, led off by Mr. Harlowe and Mrs. Gray,
who took her steps as daintily as when she had danced at her first party
so many years before.

After the reel, the young folks romped through "Paul Jones," and then
the party broke up, all declaring that never before had they had quite
such a good time.

As Grace sleepily prepared for bed, she felt a little thrill of pride at
the success of her party, and her only regret was the fact that of all
those invited, Eleanor was the only one who had refused to be present.

CHAPTER XIV

ELEANOR FINDS A WAY

Now that Thanksgiving was past, basketball became the topic of the hour.
The juniors had accepted the challenge of the senior class, and had
agreed to play them on Saturday, December 12, at two o'clock, in the
gymnasium. Only two weeks remained in which to practise. Their sorority
enthusiasm had so completely run away with them that they had even
neglected basketball until now. Therefore Grace Harlowe lost no time
in getting Miss Thompson's permission to use the gymnasium, and promptly
notified her team and the subs. to meet there, in gymnasium suits,
prepared to play, that afternoon.

The instant the last bell sounded on lessons, ten girls made for their
lockers, and fifteen minutes later the first team and the subs. were
moving toward the gymnasium deep in the discussion of the coming game
and their chances for success over their opponents.

A brief meeting was held, and the girls were assigned to their
positions. Grace had fully intended that Miriam should play center, but
when she proposed it, Miriam flatly refused to do so, and asked for her
old position of right forward.