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“Wait!” interposed Lily. “Don’t begin all over again. I’ll settle it—by simply tossing a penny!”

Both girls agreed to Lily’s terms, and promised to abide by the result.

“If it’s heads,” she said, “Marj withdraws; tails—Jeannette.”

“Play fair!” cautioned the latter suspiciously.

“As if I didn’t always!” returned Lily. “A Girl Scout’s honor——”

She selected a penny from her purse, and heightened the suspense by looking it over carefully, noting its date. Then she tossed it high up in the air; so high that it hit the ceiling and bounded off to the side. An instant later it fell like a shot to the window-sill.

“Oh, catch it, quick!” cried Marjorie, rushing across the room towards the open window. “Suppose it goes out——”

But she was too late. Already the penny had rolled over the edge, down into the soft grass beneath.

The girls regarded each other in consternation.

“Shall we toss another?” asked Jeannette.

“Or go hunt for that one?” suggested Marjorie.

“In the dark?” demanded Lily, scornfully. “We’d hardly find it—and tomorrow would be too late for either of you to resign. And as for tossing another, that wouldn’t be playing fair, and I won’t do it! This is as good as any other sign that neither one of you is to withdraw!”