“Why, Florence!” she exclaimed half incredulous. “You here?”
“Sure. Why not?” smiled the big, athletic looking girl who handled the elevator with skill.
“Well, I didn’t know—”
“Didn’t know I needed the money badly enough,” laughed Florence. “Well, I do. Seems that one is always running out of cash, especially when it comes near to Christmas. I was getting short, so I came down here and they gave me this job. Thought I could stand the rush I guess,” she smiled as she put one arm about her former chum in a bear-like embrace.
If you have read our other books, “The Cruise of the O’Moo” and “The Secret Mark,” you will remember that these two girls had been the best of chums. But a great University is a place of many changes. Their paths had crossed and then they had gone in diverging ways. Now they were more than pleased to find that, for a time, they were employed in the same store.
“Speaking of Christmas,” said Florence, “since I haven’t any grand Christmas surprises coming from other people, I’ve decided to buy myself a surprise.”
“How can you do that?” asked Lucile, a look of incredulity on her face.
“Why, you see——”
“Here’s my floor. See you later.” Lucile sprang from the elevator and was away.
“It’s nice to meet old friends,” the elevator girl thought to herself as she went speeding up the shaft, “especially when the holiday season is near. I must try to see more of Lucile.”