The cadets had secured the ball, and, as the flags flew, the bleachers began to sing, a wildly gesticulating fellow leading the chorus.
Zona Desmond had leaped up with a cry when Dick tackled Jordan, waving above her head the flag she had brought. Turning, she caught hold of Doris, and cried:
"Wasn’t that just beautiful? Why don’t you cheer?"
But Doris had been too breathless to utter a sound, though her blue eyes were filled with a light of admiration.
The students were singing:
What’s the matter with old Fardale?
She’s all right!
She can fight!
She’s always in the game.
And her work is never tame;