have my week-end anyhow. I'd just a little
_rather_ you wouldn't tell Mother. I don't know
that I like lipstick myself. But it's my own
affair!”

“Yes,” said Betty, “and those things are be-
tween you and Mother, Doris. Still, you
shouldn't let Mother be in the dark about your
friends. Have a good time and tell her all about
it -- is my advice.”

“I'm not asking for advice, thank you.”

This rebellion and withdrawing from confi-
dence on the part of Doris was a surprise to
Betty, who realized now that she might have
seen it coming. Perhaps she had been too much
absorbed in her own affairs, and with her own
friends. She must see more of her at school,
possibly. Since helping her start her freshman
year, she had gone on “her own way rejoicing,”
Betty acknowledged to herself. She had Caro-
lyn and Kathryn and she wondered if she
had shut Doris out too much. That must be
changed, provided she _could_ change it now. She
wasn't going to play the part of mentor. It
was for her mother to rebuke, or manage, and
it would be a delicate proposition to carry out
her mother's injunction to “keep an eye” on
Doris.

Betty was a little puzzled, but the push and

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