[CHAPTER IX: SHOWING OFF LYON HIGH]
The game that won the championship for the Lyon High team passed into history without much effect upon Betty’s relations to any one. It must be said that the Lyon High boys and girls could not always forbear to mention their victory in the presence of their rivals from the other school and were immediately dubbed too “cocky” over the “accident” or “trick” which permitted the result. But argument died out in the interest of other things and the football season closed at the usual time.
The next bit of excitement for Betty was the visit of her friends from home. “Please arrange,” she wrote to Janet, “to come in time to visit the school on Wednesday at least. Of course, I could take you to see the buildings; but it will be so much more interesting for you to see them full of all of us. And I can introduce you to the girls and everything.
“You must meet Carolyn and Peggy, that I’ve told you about, and then there are such a lot of other nice girls; and we’ll probably have an auditorium session Wednesday morning with something or other that you would enjoy seeing go on. It isn’t going to hurt you to miss a day or two of school–please! Get the teachers to let you make it up and tell ’em why.”
In consequence, two bright-eyed and inwardly excited girls descended from their car at the railway station, to find Mr. Lee meeting the crowds that were hurrying along with their bags inside by the long train; and Betty was close to the iron gates, watching with eager look to catch the first glimpse.
Betty had not known Sue as intimately as Janet, but she had always liked her and Sue belonged to her Sunday school class as well as to her class in school. At any rate Sue was as warmly received as Janet and tongues went rapidly indeed on the way home.
“Tell me everything,” Betty had said, and in reply Janet had suggested that Betty “show them everything.” But the sights had already begun, for Mr. Lee went home by a roundabout way to drive through one of the most beautiful parks, from which they could see the river and its scenery and villages on the other side. He also drove past the high school which Betty attended and Betty was quite satisfied with the exclamations of her friends.
“I met Father down town,” Betty explained, “for I went right down after school, with some of the girls, and we had a soda. Then I went to Father’s office and waited for him to be ready. Did you girls miss much school?”
“Only this afternoon, and tomorrow, of course,” Sue answered. “Janet’s father drove us to Columbus, so we caught this train.”
“It’s pretty yet, isn’t it?” remarked Janet, looking about at the trees and bushes in the park, “and not a bit of snow.”