altogether from a friendship rather than be
drawn into what is either doubtful or wrong.

Betty Lee's independence was not of the ag-
gressive variety, but she did like to come to her
own conclusions, for which she always thought
she had grounds in the facts. Betty was a keen
little observer and thought about many things,
a very good habit. It was usually quite safe to
be “easy-going” and friendly, and as Betty had
the background of a safe home life and a circle
of friends of her own sort, there was very little
in social relations to trouble her, and oh, what
good times there were! These were connected
with the school affairs or with her friends and
were sandwiched in between much hard study
and her fondness for athletics, with its varied
interests.

The friendship which had so distressed Doris
had been adjusted without much difficulty, Doris
finally taking her mother into her confidence.
As Betty had suggested, Stacia was invited for
a visit and made much of, with the friendliness,
if dignified, which was characteristic of that
home. If Stacia found the entertainment dull,
she showed no evidence of it and told Doris pri-
vately that she thought her mother and father
“wonderful.”

But as there was no real community of in-

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