"You may say what you please," said Nora obstinately, "I shall stick to my own convictions. The way those girls stood in the corner and whispered during intermission was simply disgraceful. Mark my words, something will come of it."
"Oh, here comes David on his motorcycle," called Anne delightedly.
David slowed up when he saw the girls, alighted and greeted them warmly. He at once congratulated them on their victory.
"I congratulate you on having a star player for a sister," said Grace. "It must run in the family." She referred to his late football triumphs.
David flushed with pleasure, more at the compliment paid to his sister than the one meant for him.
"Sis can come up to the mark when she wants to," he said earnestly. "I hope she repeats the performance." Then he abruptly changed the subject. That one little speech revealed to his friends the fact that he understood the situation and longed with all his heart for a change of tactics on the part of his sister.
[CHAPTER XII]
THE WAYS OF SCHOOLGIRLS
The clang of the gong announced the end of school for the day, but some of the sophomores lingered in their locker-room.