rmined I shall go to see 'Les Miserables' at the
motion picture theatre on Main Street. They saw 'The Taming of the
Shrew' one evening last week, and came home ardent moving picture fans."

"I saw it, too," replied Arline. "It was wonderfully well acted, and the
photography and arrangement of the scenes were excellent. Suppose we
gather the club in, and go to see 'Les Miserables' in a body?"

"I could please the populace and myself at the same time by taking your
advice, couldn't I?" Grace cast a laughing glance toward Arline.

"Of course you could," urged Arline. "Don't stand upon the order of your
going, but go at once and tell Elfreda and Miriam what we propose doing.
Anne can take her walk some other time, and your letters can languish
unanswered a little longer. I'm going to hurry back to Morton House for
Ruth and Gertrude. We will pick up the Emerson twins on our way here,
and also Elizabeth Wade and Marian. You can ask Emma and the others."

"What about Patience?" asked Grace.

"By all means ask her. We want her in the club, too. The only objection
is that she will be the thirteenth member. That is the reason I haven't
proposed her name before this. We shall be obliged to ask some one else
to make fourteen."

"Arline," Grace's tone caused her friend to eye her sharply, "do you
suppose we ought to ask Kathleen West to join our club?"

"No." Arline's blue eyes grew resentful. Her "no" was coldly incisive.
"If she is asked to join the club, I shall immediately resign."

Grace looked her surprise at this uncompromising statement. She had not
reckoned on Arline's opposition to an idea which had been steadily
forcing itself upon her since the beginning of her senior year. Ever
since the last days of her junior year, when Alberta Wicks had made
plain what seemed obscure in the case of Kathleen West, Grace had
experienced a generous desire to recompense the newspaper girl for the
fancied slight she had received at their hands.

Toward Grace and her three friends Kathleen still preserved the same
antagonistic attitude. So far Grace had been unable to discover any way
in which at least a semblance of friendly relations might be
established. The idea of asking Kathleen to join the club had suddenly
occurred to her, and in her usual impetuous fashion she had given voice
to it. Arline's sharp "no" was in the nature of a dash of cold water to
impulsive Grace, and she now regarded her friend with troubled eyes.

"Why