“We’ll never win this season if Hessie is included in this team,” declared Jess Morse.
Even Lily Pendleton could find nothing to say now in favor of her chum. She hurried away from the others girls, and the seven remaining seriously discussed the situation. It was Nellie, despite her promise to her father, who came out boldly and said:
“Let’s put her off the team altogether.”
“We can’t do it,” objected Laura.
“Ask Mrs. Case to do it, then,” said Jess.
“But who’ll ask her? Hester will be awfully mad,” said Eve Sitz.
“I wouldn’t want to be the one to do the asking,” admitted the bold Bobby.
The seven regular members of the basketball team were alone now. Dorothy Lockwood said:
“I wouldn’t want to be the one to sign a petition. But that is what we ought to do—sign a petition to Mrs. Case asking her to remove Hester.”
“What do you say, Mother Wit?” demanded Jess Morse of Laura.