“It was an awfully spooky place,” agreed Dora.
“And it smelled—just like a tomb,” said Jess.
“I wouldn’t go into the house again for a farm!” declared Nellie.
“Not after dark, at any rate,” Jess said, more bravely.
“Never again—dark or light,” declared Dora. “And I guess the seniors and juniors were scared just as much as we were. They can’t laugh at us.”
“My! I hope the rest of the initiation won’t be as bad as this,” said Nellie.
“If it is, I’ll want to renig,” said Dora. “It costs too much to be an M. O. R.”
“We certainly are a brave lot of ‘Mothers of the Republic,’” laughed Mary, who heard the sophomores conversing.
“That’s all right!” spoke up Jess. “But you didn’t go into that house yourself.”
“Quite true. It wasn’t my place. I was only sending you infants there,” returned Mary.