Evening star., 1928-04-01

does, watch out for us in the finals,
Well give you a good battle"
Jimmy Christmas, / hope you viii
give me chance in that game, Louise,
old dear. VIII you?" demanded Pa
tricia.
But Louise only shrugged her shoul-
ders and smiled. She hoped that Pa
tricia, if left in suspense, would show
her metal when the time came. Like
Miss Pringle, she wanted her players
to work for the good Of the game itself,
rather than for personal glory. and
felt that Patricia had learned valu-
able lesson through her first failure.
At times Louise showed an insight into
human nature far beyond her years.
She felt that a certain amount Of self
assurance was good thing, but too
much could be detriment to one of
Patricia's highly strung temperament.
Consequently she kept Patricia prac-
ticing rigidly and, while inwardly
pleased with the dexterity she was
achieving, was careful to be more lavish
in her criticism than in her praise.
Peggy Talley's senior team won an
easy victory over the post-graduates
that afternoon, the game being the
most one-Sided of the season. The
p G's were distinctly outplayed from
the first quarter, and their morale was
so completely crushed that they were
unable to retrieve themselves, in spite
OF their captains superhuman efforts.
II was a disheartening score for their
team, % TO IA, in favor Of the seniors.
You certainly wiped them of the
floor, Peg" exclaimed Patricia as she
encountered a flushed and beaming
Peggy in the hall after the game.
Elizabeth and Fanny Joined them.
MY dear, did you see what Marg Speae
did to me when Pringle called that
foul in the last quarter. She was so
mad that she grabbed me by the wrist
and almost twisted 1t off l tell YOU
there was murder in the girls eyes
She had no idea what she was doing
Look" Fanny displayed a wrist which
showed a dull dark imprint of five fin
gers.
When Pringle caught her at 1t she
was nearly as mad as Marg" Elizabeth
remarked, you should have seen her
face. All her stock in trade remarks
about craftsmanship were written there
az plainly as If she had spoken. II was
really funny, but Marg couldn't see the
humor In the least"
Come on, let's all go up and see
how Mary u.s." Peggy suggested She
caught sight OF Louise at the farther
end Of the corridor, "Oh you Lou-ou," !"
she called. Just you wait until we
get you In the final game. Better
watch your step, old dear. We aim to
conquer"
"Oh, I'm not so sure about that "
answered Louise with her little gurg-
ling laugh We aren't going 10 lie
! down on the job ourselves, are we. Pat2"
mot If you give me a chance" re-
turned Patricia
They all trooped of to Mary's room
and entered on tiptoe, fearful Of dis
! turbing her should she be sleeping
| Wnat was their amazement TO see the
! room In complete disorder. the contents
/ of all the dresser drawers dumped un~
! tremendously in heaps about the floor
/ while Mary and Eloise, her roommate,
! were r7Immagtng ffantfcally among the
/ shoes In the closet
/ What In the name Of all that is
| good and beautiful might you be
/ doing" gasped Patricia. us your head
! better, Mary7"
I "Eweet petunias, ] forgot all about
my head" returned Mary, pauslng In
/ her exertions and squatting back on her
| heels, her face flushed. her hair tun-
| bled over her eyes
| Well whatever Is the matter then,
| We came 10 see an invalid and f1nd d
| pair Of explorers apparently. Whom do
| you think you are-~the brothers
| CabOt?"
Now don't try 10 be funny. This -
! not the time. ] want you TO kFlow that
| / have lost my platinum bar pin that
! mother and dad gave me for Christmas
and / am perfectly sick about IT,"
"Oh. Mary. do you think 1t could
! have been st0ienI"
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