out the complexion, if you
like," suggested Gipsy demurely.

The others laughed, for Dilys was rather vain of her appearance, and
kept many bottles of toilet requisites upon her portion of the
dressing-table.

"Best call a general meeting of the Guild; then we can propose the
thing, and have it carried through in proper order," said Hetty. "I
believe it will catch on. Gipsy, you write out some notices and pin them
up in the classrooms."

"A GENERAL MEETING

of the

UNITED GUILD

Will be held on THURSDAY at 4 p.m. in the
Dressing-Room.

Business:--To discuss the proposal of starting
a Lower School Magazine.

All members are particularly requested to attend."

So ran the Secretary's notice, and the girls who read it were only too
eager to respond to the invitation. They felt that Gipsy stirred things
up at Briarcroft, and were ready to listen to anything fresh she might
have to suggest. As Hetty had expected, the idea was received with
enthusiasm, and when Gipsy propounded her scheme in detail, everybody
cordially agreed, and the motion was carried unanimously.

"There's one principal matter to be settled," said Dilys, who, as
President, occupied the post of chairman. "We've got to choose an
editor."

"Then I beg to propose Gipsy Latimer," said Meg Gordon, rising hastily.

"And I beg to second the proposal," said Hetty Hancock.

"Gipsy! Yes, Gipsy!" exclaimed the girls, and a forest of hands went up.

"You'll have to take it, Gipsy," urged Hetty. "You're the most suitable
of anybody. It's a new thing in the school, so it's best managed by a
new girl. We should none of us understand how to do it. Besides, you
suggested it. The whole plan of it is yours."

"Right-o, if you think I'm 'the man for the job'," agreed Gipsy.

Though she had not canvassed for the post, Gipsy was delighted to get
the editorship. Running a magazine was work that exactly suited her. She
was sure she could make it a success, and she looked forward with
immense satisfaction to issuing her first number. A name had yet to be
chosen, and after much debate it was decided to call the new venture the
_Briarcroft Juniors' Journal_.

"That'll quite cut the Seniors out of it," said Meg Gordon. "We don't
want them to get any of the credit."

"And 'Juniors' Journal' has a nice juicy kind of