t these were not people of the kind she cared to
have for friends.

"We're a committee," repeated young Herricote, sitting down on the
edge of a chair, and looking around most uncomfortably at the
luxurious apartment. He had not realized it would be like this. He was
beginning to feel like a fish out of water. As for the rest of the
committee, they were overawed and dumb, all except the little fellow
with the tortoise-rimmed glasses. He was not looking at anything but
Allison, and was intent on his mission. When he saw that his superior
had been struck dumb, he took up the story.

"They appointed us to come and interview you, and see if you wouldn't
give us some new ideas how to run our society so it would be a
success," he put in. "They all liked your speech so much the other
night they felt you could help us out of the rut we've got into."

"Me?" asked Allison, laughing incredulously. "Why, I told you I didn't
know the first thing about Christian Endeavor."

"But we've gotta have your help," said the young secretary earnestly.
"This thing's gotta go! It's needed in our church, and it's the only
thing in the town to help some of the young people. It's just _gotta_
go!"

"Well, if you feel that way, you'll make it go, I'm sure," encouraged
Allison. "You're just the kind of a fellow to make it go. You know all
about it. Not I. I never heard of the thing till last week, except
just in a casual way. Don't know much about it yet."

"Well, s'pose it was one of your frats, and it wasn't succeeding.
What would you do? You saw what kind of a dead-and-alive meeting we
had, only a few there, and nobody taking much interest. How would you
pull up a frat that was that way?"

"Well," said Allison, speaking at random, "I'd look around, and find
some of the right kind of fellows, and rush 'em. Get in some new
blood."

"That's all right," said Bryan doggedly. "I'm rushin' you. How do you
do it? I never went to college yet; so I don't know."

Allison laughed now. He rather liked this queer boy.

"He's a nut!" he said to himself, and entered into the talk in
earnest.

"Why, you have parties, and rides, and good times generally, and
invite a fellow, and make him feel at home, and make him want to
belong. See?"

"I see," said Bryan, with a twinkling glance at the rest of his
committee. "We have a party down at my house Friday night. Will you
come?"

Allison saw that the joke was on him, and his reserve broke down
entirel