The gymnasium was full of High School girls, and a very busy and interesting picture they made, running, leaping, vaulting, passing the medicine ball and practising on the rings. In one corner a class was in progress, the physical culture instructor

The gymnasium was full of High School girls, and a very busy and interesting picture they made, running, leaping, vaulting, passing the medicine ball and practising on the rings. In one corner a class was in progress, the physical culture instructor

-This is the second public gathering this week, - remarked Miriam Nesbit, who, despite the chatter that was going on around her, had heard Grace's laughing remark. -I know it, - agreed Grace. -There was just as large a crowd here when Nora and Jessica went away last Monday. Doesn't it seem dreadful that we are obliged to be separated? How I hated to see the girls go. And we won't be together again until Christmas.- -Oh, here come the boys - announced Eva Allen, who, with Marian Barber, had been standing a little to one side of the three girls. At this juncture four smiling young men hurried...

-It is time we gathered home, - grumbled Arline. -I have hardly seen Grace or any of the Semper Fidelis girls this week. They have all been so popular that they haven't given a thought to their neglected little friends.- -Let me see, - returned Ruth slyly. -How many nights have you stayed quietly at home this week?- -Not one, you rascal, - retorted Arline, laughing. -I ought to be the last one to grumble. But in spite of all the rush, I have missed the dear old quartette.- -So have I, - declared Ruth earnestly. -Twenty minutes to four. They will soon be here.-