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“Do something!” repeated the other, in amazement, “why you have so much to do now that you don’t know which way to turn! And then if you are elected, as you probably will be——”

“No, no!” interrupted Marjorie. “I don’t mean that, Lil. Of course it’s all very well to be class president, but after all I’m not the only girl for that job. Anybody else could do that as well. What I mean is to do something that is really worth while—something that nobody else has time to do!”

“But why, Marjorie? You mustn’t try to do too much!”

Marjorie paused in search of words, to express the sense of responsibility that had taken possession of her. “It must be because I’m twenty-one years old,” she said, slowly, “for somehow I feel different—as if my time for frivolity were over—as if I really ought to do something to justify my existence now.”

“But you always have, Marj!”

“Yes, in a way, but more of a child’s way. Something different now—and bigger!”

“For instance?”

Marjorie’s eyes lighted up with a brilliant smile; she was back to her favorite subject.