Left the boys behind us! Hah! Hah! Hah!”
It was a school cry.
“Careful, careful!” cautioned Jake. But Mrs. Pangborn was there to welcome one and all.
CHAPTER VI
CHOCOLATES AND SANDWICHES
It was past nine o’clock when the Glenwood girls reached the hall, and was, therefore, too late to go in for any of the pranks usually indulged in on the first night. To be sure there was some fun. Cologne managed to lay hold of some small boxes, that looked surprisingly like confections. They were placed on a table, waiting to be claimed, and it seemed no harm for her to claim them. Dorothy refused to take part in the “raid,” but Tavia and Edna did not have to be coaxed.
“They’re Jean’s, I’ll wager,” whispered Tavia, “but the wrapper is off, and we can easily prove an alibi. Let’s see where they’re from, any way.”
“Oh, there’s a note,” declared Cologne. “I’m going to put them back. I’ll have nothing to do with robbing the mails.”
A piece of paper fell from between two of the boxes, as Tavia cut a pink cord that held them together.
“All the more fun,” said Tavia hiding the ill-gotten goods in the fold of her blouse as a teacher passed, and said good-night.