Here was a nice how-to-do!
Nan pushed her way through the crowd and looked down upon her fallen enemy.
"I'm sorry you're sick," she said gravely. "I'll wait if you like until you can get a drink of water and pull yourself together."
"A drink of water! That's what the whole trouble is!"
The strident voice belonged to Lottie Sparks, and the spectators crowded closer, sensing battle.
"There's been some shady work going on here," cried Lottie, and even Kate lifted a furious, tear-stained face to stare at her chum.
Nan took a quick step forward.
"What do you mean by that?" she asked quietly of Lottie Sparks.
"I mean that some one put something in a glass of water Kate took before she came out," said Lottie, carrying her bluff through with a bravado that hid a tremor of fright. "And the girl who did it is the one I'm looking at just now!"
Every one turned to follow the direction of Lottie's suddenly fixed gaze. She was staring straight at Sadie Appleby!