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“Aw, my opinion is, they’re only two birds from the country, who dropped in to see the city, and took this fer a dance hall.”

“That’s a laugh. Let’s see if we can razz ’em a bit!”

“How, Clara?”

“Pretend we’ve got flasks in our pockets, and cigarettes.”

“No,” replied Queenie, authoritatively; “then we’d be out of luck for a place to meet the rest of the year. Miss Winthrop’d never stand for that.”

“If we told her it was only a joke——”

“All wrong, Clara. You’ve got a head, but it’s only good to keep your hat on. Fire something else——”

“Can’t think of nuthin’——”

But Marjorie and Lily had listened to enough; they rose and crossed the gymnasium to the door-way.

“I really have hopes of Queenie,” remarked Marjorie, “she seemed to show a glimmer of intelligence.”

“Pretty faint,” corrected Lily scornfully. Then, catching a glimpse of two young men at the top of the staircase, her eyes lighted up, and she exclaimed joyfully, “They’re here, Marj! The boys, I mean. Oh, I was never so glad to see anybody in my life!”