Lois went to bed, elated at her success, and the praise she had received. She smiled delightedly at her reflection in the mirror.
“I wonder,” she mused, “if any one will ever tell Mother about this. I would like her to know but, of course, I can’t myself.”
[CHAPTER XI—PRACTICING FOR THE INDOOR MEET]
The last bell had just sounded and the girls were leaving the schoolroom for the day. Two weeks had passed since the Valentine party. Today was Wednesday and the coming Saturday was the date fixed for the Indoor Meet.
The Whitehead School basket-ball team was to meet the Seddon Hall girls for their annual game. The year before they had played at Whitehead and were beaten. This year the game was to be played at Seddon Hall and the girls were determined there should be no more defeats.
“Wait a minute, you two,” called Connie, as she and Angela caught up with Polly and Lois in the schoolroom corridor. “I’ve news; such news!”
“What is it?” inquired Lois, in the act of retying Polly’s hair ribbon.
“Don’t breathe a word about it. I don’t suppose Louise Preston wants it known all over the school,” answered Connie. “But as I was going through Senior Corridor to my music lesson, I heard her say to Gladys Couch (jumping center on the big team): ‘Then you won’t be here for Saturday?’ And Glid said: ‘Isn’t it awful, Louise,
but I don’t see how I can possibly get back before Monday.’ Well, of course, Polly, you know what that means.”
“What’s the giddy secret?” sang out Betty, coming towards them from one of the classrooms.