“Then let us choose our own canoe-mates!” pleaded Ruth.
“But who would have first choice?” questioned Marjorie.
“Draw lots!”
“All right—as you wish,” agreed Miss Phillips, producing a tiny note-book from which she tore out several pages.
On separate slips she placed numbers from one to eight, requesting the girls to draw at random. With her usual good luck, Ruth Henry drew number one; while Marjorie Wilkinson discovered that her paper read “eight.”
“I want Lily Andrews!” announced Ruth, triumphantly, to the consternation of the girl mentioned.
“Are you satisfied, Lily?” asked the captain.
Lily hesitated a moment, and glanced shyly at Marjorie. But her chum smiled back at her frankly, and Lily knew that she did not mind.
“Perfectly,” replied Lily.
Frances Wright, who held number two, chose Ethel Todd; and Doris Sands selected Marjorie. This meant, of course, that the two freshmen, or rather sophomores, as they now were—Alice Endicott and Florence Evans, should be together.