"No, you will just have to grin and bear it, Jo, old girl," she told herself, and added ruefully: "The hardest part of that is the grin!"
Things were still at this pass when Jessie Robinson burst in upon the chums one night, her dark eyes flashing.
"Girls, I've just heard the most abominable thing!" she cried. "I'm so mad I could bite!"
CHAPTER XVII
A SECRET CLUB
"As long as you don't bite us, Jessie!" said Nan pacifically. "Here!" pushing a box of candy toward the irate one, "have a bon-bon and see if you can't calm down."
"I don't want to calm down!" cried Jessie Robinson, sinking into a chair and wrathfully pounding the arms of it with her fists. "I won't ever calm down again and neither will you when you hear what I have to say!"
"I bet it's about Kate or Lottie," guessed Jo.
Jessie stared at her.
"How did you know?"