"That's inexcusable," Lois declared, angrily, and Betty stamped her foot in rage. Fanny began to cry.
"That's the end," Lois said; "you can't put a sub in for her."
"No; but I can do something equally as good," Polly replied, quietly. "Wait till this half is over." It was like her to be carelessly hopeful, when everybody else was in despair.
The Fenwick team scored again before the longed-for whistle blew.
"There's Bob and Uncle Roddy," Polly said, just as the ball dropped into the basket. "He's looking at the score," she added, laughing.
Lois stared at her in amazement.
"Poll, what's the matter with you?" she demanded. "Do you realize that the score is seven to nothing!"
"Yes," Polly replied in unruffled tones, "but there's another half, and you seem to have forgotten that."
The school broke into a song and the teams sat down for a much needed rest. Polly looked up at the gallery and nodded merrily to Bob. Then she went up to Eleanor.
"I'm sorry; but I'm going to put Maud in the next half," she said.