But she thought to herself, “I’m sure I should have forgotten that cork comes from a tree, if I hadn’t seen the Cork Tree here to-night.”
However, that might be equally the case with all the others, so it was perfectly fair.
That time, Delight had a hard one and missed it. The question, “What tree invites you to travel?” was too difficult for her.
It was passed from one to another, until a man answered, “O range,” but he laughingly admitted he had heard it before.
“I’m glad I didn’t get that question,” thought Marjorie, for not even her orange frock would have helped her to guess that.
And so the game went on. Several dropped out on the third round, and after the fourth round, only about a dozen were left standing.
The two captains were still at the heads of their lines, and Marjorie and King had each missed only once; but the other Jinksies were all scored three times and out.
“What tree was an Egyptian plague?” asked the director.
“Locust,” promptly replied Miss Merington, who hadn’t missed yet.
“What tree destroyed Pompeii?” came next.