"Why, the door is locked," exclaimed one of them to the other.
"Of course; you don't suppose they would be so silly as to leave it open for the sophs," was the reply.
"I hear dishes rattling," said the first. "Some one must have come to make the preparations. I thought we were early enough."
"You didn't see any sophs on watch, did you?" said the second girl looking around anxiously.
"I haven't seen a soph this last hour," replied the first. She rattled the knob of the door gently and a voice cried: "Who is there?"
"Fan Armistead and Kate Bradley."
"Just wait a minute," came from the inside.
"It's all right," said Fan. "They are getting things ready."
Presently more freshmen strolled up and these began to grow impatient.
"They've no right to keep us out," was the complaint.