[CHAPTER IV]
THE INITIATION
At supper Gerald asked Alf if he might bring a recruit to the meeting. “It’s Arthur Thompson, and he wants to join, Alf.”
“Bring him. Where’s your badge, though?” Alf pointed to his own yellow disk, which he wore conspicuously pinned to his lapel. “Didn’t you get instructions to wear it?”
“I didn’t know you meant to wear it to supper, Alf.”
“Why not? How do you suppose people are to know that we have a secret society unless we advertise it?” asked Alf, disgustedly. “Well, bring Thompson along with you. Joe Chambers is coming, too. As editor of The Scholiast, he may be able to give the society a nice write-up in the next number.”
When Gerald and Arthur reached 7 Dudley, they were confronted by a sheet of brown paper pinned to the door. It read:
Headquarters of the S. P. M.
A SECRET SOCIETY
Ask for a circular!