“Yes; why not?”
“All right; but I guess I’ll tell Jack to take whoever he wants.”
The game was scheduled for the second Saturday in May. All of the girls on the team, except Marjorie, were Girl Scouts—Ethel Todd and Edith Evans played forward, Ada Mearns and Dorothy Maxwell were the guards, and Frances Wright acted as side center. Incidentally, Marjorie was the only freshman on the team, although one other girl of her own class served as a substitute.
Jack accepted his sister’s suggestion gladly; he wrote that he would arrive at Miss Martin’s school with John and Roger immediately after lunch.
Marjorie took the letter to Ruth. “It’s your party,” she said. “I won’t even be able to meet them. Miss Phillips is going to take us over early to get a chance to try the field; and then Miss Martin’s team is giving us a special lunch in their gym.”
“All right,” agreed Ruth; “I’ll look after them. By the way, is there any girl Jack specially likes, so I could invite her to go with Doris and me?”
Marjorie laughed. “I think he always ‘specially liked’ you, Ruth!”
“No, I mean somebody else. He met some of the girls at your dance.”
Marjorie tried to think. Finally she shook her head.
“I’m afraid there isn’t, Ruth; ask whoever else you please to sit with you. All I know is, I can’t!”