t. Here's the
florin--I want a shilling and two sixpences for it, or else four
sixpences."

"Right-o!" said Gwen, opening her satchel. "Oh, bother! Here are some
more people arriving! You'll have to wait!"

"Do give it me, quick! Miss Douglas is in a hurry," pleaded Lesbia.

"Then take it out of my satchel yourself. Be sure you put in the
florin."

Lesbia hastily complied and ran off, for Miss Douglas was beckoning
to her impatiently, and teachers may not lightly be kept waiting.

"Have you managed to get change? That's right--give me three
sixpences," said Miss Douglas, hurriedly putting the money in her
purse. "I have to rush indoors now and help to dress the 'Elizabethan'
girls for the final madrigal. The whole affair's going very well. We
may all congratulate ourselves on what we're making."

"Hurrah for the Cot!" sang Lesbia, tripping away with a step that was
meant to be in imitation of the morris dancers.

The athletic sports, open to all comers, were naturally a great
feature of the afternoon. The prizes had been given by various friends
who had responded so generously to the appeal made to them that the
Committee had been able to place a large number of competitions upon
the programme. The proceedings led off with a boys' flat race, in
which Giles and Basil took part with great credit, though neither was
fortunate enough to outstrip the winner, a fleet-footed little brother
of Charlotte Perry. The obstacle races were voted immense fun, the
humorous feature being the performance of such feminine tasks as
needle threading or button stitching by the boys, and rapid bean
sorting by the girls. Giles and Basil were successful in a
three-legged race, and Martin, to his huge delight, won the sack race
for visitors under seven. He bore away his prize--an indiarubber
ball--with great pride to show to Beatrice. Long jumping and high
jumping proved equally popular both with boys and girls, some of the
records being excellent. Linda Browne a younger sister of Hilda
Browne, particularly distinguished herself in this respect, and won
laurels for the Lower Third. Vaulting over hurdles of varying heights
made a graceful competition, and one in which Elspeth Frazer came off
a victor. She was an athletic girl, and possessed a wonderful power of
spring that caused her to clear the bars like a bird.

"Our Form hasn't done badly," said Iris Watson, running to Gwen to
tell her of Elspeth's triumph. "Must you stick at this g