“And then if you do, I will too!” repeated Marjorie, with a challenge.
“Stop fighting, children!” put in Lily, laughingly. “Don’t both withdraw—you’d only ruin your own object.”
“Then what shall we do?” asked Marjorie, humbly.
“It was my idea——,” began Jeannette.
“Wait!” interposed Lily. “Don’t begin all over again. I’ll settle it—by simply tossing a penny!”
Both girls agreed to Lily’s terms, and promised to abide by the result.
“If it’s heads,” she said, “Marj withdraws; tails—Jeannette.”
“Play fair!” cautioned the latter suspiciously.
“As if I didn’t always!” returned Lily. “A Girl Scout’s honor——”
She selected a penny from her purse, and heightened the suspense by looking it over carefully, noting its date. Then she tossed it high up in the air; so high that it hit the ceiling and bounded off to the side. An instant later it fell like a shot to the window-sill.