“We have now,” said her chum.
“Pooh! We are only saving these foolish boys. I hope Darry and Burd will appreciate our efforts,” Amy sighed. “But of course they will not.”
They went ashore with the rest of the young folks, and Amy and Jessie were at once surrounded by a crowd of girls and boys, showing that, if they were disliked by Belle Ringold and her immediate clique, they were popular with a large circle of friends.
Darry and Burd need not have been so afraid of the occasion being a “kid picnic.” There were several young fellows of near their own age; and if most of the girls were of the age of Jessie and Amy they were a bright, fun-loving and companionable lot.
A very good talking machine had been brought from the Ringold house, and the selection of dance records was good. Jessie and Amy introduced Darry and Burd to the nicer girls of the party—those whom the young men did not already know. The Roselawn radio chums particularly aided the collegians in escaping the wiles of Belle and Sally Moon.
That the latter two were angry and disappointed could only be expected; but it was their own fault. Darry and Burd enjoyed themselves dancing with the girls with whom Amy and Jessie were intimate.
Naturally there was bred a little friction. Belle Ringold was not a girl who could complacently endure anything which she considered in the nature of a slight. She was angry with Darry Drew and his chum, but her flashing looks were aimed at Darry’s sister and Jessie.
“We know whom to thank for the frost we got,” she said angrily to Sally Moon. “That Drew fellow hasn’t offered to dance with me but once. And you know, as well as I do, Sally Moon, that it was I who first invited him to this box party. Say! Where did those ragamuffins come from? Who invited them to this party, I’d like to know?”
“Why,” drawled Sally, her closest friend, “those are some of that Dogtown tribe.”
“They must be friends of Jess Norwood. I understand she invites them to her house and her mother lets them stay to dinner,” was Belle’s scornful observation.