"Yes, and that order must be obeyed," insisted the chair, namely, Jane Allen. "We shall be pleased to hear each in turn. Secretary, who has the floor?"
"The report of the secretary on the rules was just finished," replied Ted Guthrie.
"And I ask the secretary to make a record that the rule covered the case of illegal abduction," went on Jane. "I may add further that the trick of bringing my relations into the fight was, in my opinion, small and cowardly. At a call from home I would have gotten into an airship without question--any girl would."
Applause and hisses mingled at this, until the latter caught up with the former, merging all the sounds into a conglomeration of noises such as only school girls know how to issue. Order at length restored, the meeting proceeded.
"Madam President! May I speak?" called Dozia Dalton.
"Miss Dalton has the floor," replied Jane, before anyone else could cut in.
"I would like to tell what happened to me on election night," Dozia began, and again the apprehensive silence, preluding something of deep interest, was so loud it could almost be heard.
"Proceed," ordered Jane.
"When I took the password and grip from our contingent I found a stranger in our lines. I called her out and she ran!"
"That was----"