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"I don't like that expression, Doris -- but I
think boys know the kind of girls they're with;
and besides, the kind of boys I like aren't that
sort. I like fun, Dorry -- you know that, but I
like to talk sense, too. That is one thing about
Jack. You would laugh at some of his clever
remarks; and then he can tell me about some-
thing just as if he were grown up and explain-
ing, like Father."

"Do you like him better than Chet?"

"Don't ask me, Doris. I don't like any of
them as well as I do Carolyn!"

"Then you're safe for a while," laughed
Doris.

"I'm always going to be safe," laughed Betty.
"Imagine getting engaged in high school and
then finding somebody you liked much better
when you went to college! But Doris, I'm not
going to pay any attention to gossip about Jack.
I'm sure he's a nice boy. He's different and
I know he thinks some ideas that our people
have are 'old fogy,' but people can't be all
alike and I believe in letting other folks -- well,
they have the same right to their opinions that
we have."

There was no one to remind Betty that
opinions and action based upon them are very
likely to agree. Doris saw Betty's firmly set

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