"Was Rose initiated?" was Hazel's next rather anxious question.
"Yes, she was," said Chi, taking up a handful of beans and letting them run through his fingers into the open bag.
"How do you know, Chi?"
"Coz I initiated her myself."
"You, Chi? Why, do you belong?"
"First member of the N.B.B.O.O. Society."
"Well, that's funny. Who initiated you?"
Chi set down the bag of beans, and for a moment shook with laughter; then, growing perfectly sober, he said solemnly:--
"I initiated myself. But they was all on hand when I did it."
"What did you do, Chi?"