Edna found most of the company gathered when she arrived. They were all chattering away with little idea of what must be done first. "Here comes Edna Conway," cried Esther Ann; "she can tell us just what to do. Come along, Edna. What was the first thing you did when you got up a club?"
"We had a president and a secretary the first thing; the president was called pro tem.; she wasn't the real president till we elected her."
"Then you be pro tem., for you know just what to do."
"Oh, no, I couldn't," Edna shrank from such a public office, and her little round face took on a look of real distress at such a prospect.
"Somebody's got to be then," said Esther Ann. "I will."
"I will, I will," came from one and another of the girls, too eager for prominence to care about what was expected of them.
"We can't all be," remarked Milly Somers. "We're wasting time and we ought to have had this all settled at first. I wish there were some older person to get us started."
"Everyone isn't here yet," spoke up Alcinda. "Isn't Reliance coming, Edna?"
"No, she can't. She has too much to do this afternoon, but I am her proxy. I've got a paper that says so."
The girls giggled. "Isn't she cute?" whispered Esther Ann. "Let's see the paper, Edna."