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"Now," said Grace, "I feel better. As long as we can't get the actual
practice this afternoon let's lay out a course of action at any rate, and
arrange our secret signals."
"Done," cried the girls, and soon they were deep in the mysteries of
secret plays and signs.
Grace explained the game to Anne, who did not incline towards athletics,
and had had little previous opportunity to enjoy them.
Anne, eager to learn for Grace's sake, became interested on her own
account, and soon mastered the main points of the game.
"Here is a list of the secret signals, Anne," said Grace. "Study it
carefully and learn it by heart, then you will understand every move our
team makes during the coming games. I expect you to become an enthusiastic
fan."
Anne thanked her, and put the paper in her purse, little dreaming how much
unhappiness that same paper was to cause her.
The business of the afternoon having been disposed of, the girls donned
street clothing and left the building, schoolgirl fashion, in groups of
twos and threes.
On the way out they encountered several of the victorious juniors, who
managed to make their presence felt.
"Oh," said Nora O'Malley, "those girls ought to be suppressed."
"Never mind," put in Anne. "You know 'the way of the transgressor is
hard.' Perhaps those juniors will get what they deserve yet."
"Not much danger of it. They're too tricky," said Jessica contemptuously.
Anne's prophecy was to be fulfilled, however, in a most unexpected manner.
There had been one unnoticed spectator of the recent quarrel between the
two classes. This was the teacher of physical culture, Miss Kane, who had
returned to the gymnasium for a moment, arriving just in time to witness
the whole scene. She, too, had had trouble at various times with the
junior class, particularly Julia Crosby, who invariably tried her patience
severely. She had been heard to pronounce them the most unruly class she
had ever attempted to instruct. Therefore her sympathies were with the
retreating sophomores, and with set lips and righteous indignation in her
eye, she resolved to lay the matter before Miss Thompson, at the earliest
opportunity.
Miss Thompson listened the next day with considerable surprise to Miss
Kane's account of the affair. No one knew the mischievous tendencies of
the juniors better than did the principal. Ordinary mischief she could
forgive, but this was overstepping all bounds. She had given the
sophomore class permission to use the gymnasium for the afternoon, and no
other class had the least right to take the matter over her head. She knew
that Professor Cole was entirely innocent of the deception practised upon
him, so she resolved to say nothing to him, but deal with the junior team
as she deemed best. One thing was certain, they should receive their just
deserts.
Miss Thompson's face, usually calm and serene, wore an expression of great
sternness as she faced the assembled classes in the study-hall the
following morning. The girls looked apprehensively at each other,
wondering what was about to happen. When their beloved principal looked
like that, there was trouble brewing for some one. Miss Thompson, though a
strict disciplinarian, was seldom angry. She was both patient and
reasonable in her dealings with the pupils under her supervision, and had
their utmost confidence and respect. To incur her displeasure one must
commit a serious offense. Each girl searched her mind for possible
delinquencies There was absolute silence in the great room. Then the
principal spoke:
"I must ask the undivided attention of every girl in this room, as what I
am about to say relates in a measure to all of you.
"There are four classes, representing four divisions of high school work,
assembled here this morning. Each one must be passed through before the
desired goal--graduation--is reached.
"The standard of each class from freshmen to seniors, should be honor. I
have been very proud of my girls because I believed that they would be
able to live up to that standard. However it seems that some of them have
yet to learn the meaning of the word."
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