"No more sundaes here until next fall," lamented Miriam, as they sat waiting for their order. "I shall miss Vinton's. There is nothing in Oakdale quite like it."
"And I shall miss you girls," declared Elfreda bluntly.
"Why don't you pay us a visit, then?" suggested Miriam. "We expect to be at home part of the time this summer."
"Perhaps I will," reflected Elfreda. "But you must write to me at any rate."
At the station groups of happy-faced girls stood waiting for the train.
"We are going to have plenty of company," observed Anne. "Do you remember how forlorn we felt when we were cast away on this station platform last fall? We won't feel so strange next September."
"We shall feel very important instead," laughed Miriam. "It will be our turn to escort bewildered freshmen to their boarding places."
"Yes, and we'll see that they don't stray, too," retorted Elfreda grimly.
"Or mistake the Register for the registrar," smiled Grace.