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;