CHAPTER V
GETTING SETTLED
"What does this mean, Heavy Jennie?" demanded Helen, pinching the very comfortable arm of their fleshy friend.
"What does that mean? Ouch, Helen! You know you're pinching something when you pinch me."
"That's why I like to. No fun in trying to make an impression on bones, you know."
"But it doesn't hurt bones so much," grumbled Jennie. "Remember what the fruit-stand man printed on his sign: 'If you musta pincha da fruit, pincha da cocoanut.' You can't so easy bruise bony folk, Helen."
"You are dodging the issue, Heavy," declared Helen. "What does this mean?"
"What does what mean?" demanded the fleshy girl, grinning widely again.
"How came you here, of course?" Ruth put in, smiling upon their gay and usually thoughtless friend. "You said you did not think you could come to Ardmore."