him any good in the eyes of the school to have
her seem to be as friendly as ever, she would
be glad. Under the circumstances, it could not
hurt her and their future dropping of contact
was no more than often happened anyway. But
Betty did not take lightly what had happened.
She would tell Jack just how she felt about it.
Yet, dear me, the more you thought about it
the worse it was; and who could tell beforehand
what she was going to say? Usually it was
something entirely different from what you had
thought up!

Chet Dorrance and Chauncey Allen, racing to
the street car together, saw Betty walking
toward the side street with Jack. “I wonder if
Betty's folks would like to have her go around
with Jack Huxley if they knew all about him,”
Chauncey was looking after Betty, as they
stopped to let a few machines pass before cross-
ing to take their car or wait for it.

“I suppose that party must have been all
right,” said Chet, “in spite of what they say, or
Betty wouldn't be with him now.”

“You never can tell about a girl,” replied
Chauncey. “I'm sorry to say it, Chet, but maybe
she likes him.”

“Don't mind me, Chauncey,” facetiously said
Chet, with a grin. “Maybe she does, but I'd

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