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read it after the meeting, Carolyn. But don't
you know I'd forgotten all about the church sup-
per tonight and I'll have to skip home to get
a lesson or two before dinner."

"Stay here and get out Cicero with me. It
won't take us any time because she had us do
so much sight reading ahead today. There are
two or three clubs meeting and the building will
be open, you know."

"All right. Here's hoping that this meeting
will not take too long. There's a program, you
know, and election of officers. Bess Higgins re-
signed and so they're going to have the whole
new group elected and let the new president be-
gin right away."

"That's funny. How do you like the idea of
different officers for the two semesters?"

"I don't know how it will work, but it makes
more girls do things and that is a good thing.
Oh, Carolyn, I wouldn't have missed that Fall
Retreat at camp for anything! Just one week-
end was glorious and Father says perhaps I
can go there for a week or two next summer
after school. I wish I could go!"

"Perhaps I can. The family could go on with-

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