cia seemed to think Miss Turner might make
her go home."

"She won't," said Eleanor. "She was thinking of it, but I have had a
talk with her, and we both decided that that wouldn't do much good. It
might save us some trouble, but it wouldn't do Gladys any good, and,
after all, she's the one we've got to consider."

Dolly didn't say anything, but it was plain from her look that she did
not understand.

"What I mean is," Eleanor went on, "that there's a chance here for us to
make a real convert--one who will count. It's easy enough to make girls
understand our Camp Fire idea when they want to like it, and feel sure
that they're going to. The hard cases are the girls like Gladys, who
have a prejudice against the Camp Fire without really knowing anything
at all about it. And if the Camp Fire idea is the fine, strong, splendid
thing we all believe, why, this is a good time to prove it. If it is,
Gladys won't be able to hold out against it."

"That's what I've thought from the first, Miss Eleanor," said Bessie.
"And I'm sure she will like us better presently."

"Well, if she is willing to stay, she is to stay," said Eleanor. "And
she is to be allowed to do everything the other girls do, except, of
course, she can't actually take part in a Council Fire until she's a
member. We don't want her to feel that she is being punished, and Miss
Turner is going to try to make her girls treat her just as if nothing
had happened. That's what I want our Manasquan girls to do, too."

"They will, then, if I've got anything to say," declared Dolly,
vehemently. "And I guess I've got more reason to be down on her than any
of the others except Bessie. So if I'm willing to be nice to her, I
certainly don't see why the others should hesitate."

"Remember this, Dolly. You're willing to be nice to her now, but she may
make it pretty hard. You're going to have a stiff test of your
self-control and your temper for the next few days. When people are in
the wrong and know it, but aren't ready to admit it and be sorry, they
usually go out of their way to be nasty to those they have injured--"

"Oh, I don't care what she says or does now," said Dolly. "If I could
talk to her to-night without getting angry, I think I'm safe. I never
came so near to losing my temper without really doing it in my whole
life before."

"Well, that's fine, Dolly. Keep it up. Remember this is pretty hard for
poor Miss Turner. Here she is, just starting in as a Camp Fir