. St. Nicholas [serial]. they were all on tight. Four of us sewedon those buttons, while the audience waited, andwe sewed Gertrude in to make sure! There s the mail-cart, drawled Martha,jumping from her perch, and if I dont get aletter from some member of my family to-day,I 11 cut them off with a dime. You wont be able to do even that unless yourallowance comes, called her room-mate, as theyall followed Martha to the school. 682 MARY LOUS MEDAL 683 The old Lancaster Oak was quiet again. But it was not deserted. For from the honey-suckle arbor, a short distance off, came Mary LouMilford, Betty
. St. Nicholas [serial]. they were all on tight. Four of us sewedon those buttons, while the audience waited, andwe sewed Gertrude in to make sure! There s the mail-cart, drawled Martha,jumping from her perch, and if I dont get aletter from some member of my family to-day,I 11 cut them off with a dime. You wont be able to do even that unless yourallowance comes, called her room-mate, as theyall followed Martha to the school. 682 MARY LOUS MEDAL 683 The old Lancaster Oak was quiet again. But it was not deserted. For from the honey-suckle arbor, a short distance off, came Mary LouMilford, Betty Garfields rival for the Anthonymedal. She slowly climbed into the welcomingarms of the big oak which had watched and com-forted more than fifty years of Lancaster girls. The Lancaster Oak whispered and swayed, andMary Lou watched the shifting green and goldlights above her. Betty has been working for the medal fouryears, and youve only worked for three, the oldoak seemed to say. But I have as much right as she has, Mary. I WILL LIVE UP TO THE PROSPECTUS AND DEVELOP MY INDIVIDUALITY Mary Lou had nt intended to eavesdrop. Shehad been curled up in the arbor studying herCicero when Luciles nonsense had attracted herattention; and who would nt listen to Lucile?Then it had startled her so to hear Miggsys rea-sons for wanting Betty to win that she could nthave moved. Dear Miggsy—if ever a girl de-served to be president of her class, MargaretBurton did. But why did Betty have a betterright to the medal than she did? It was nt aquestion of it being your last year; it was aquestion of who was the best gymnast; and as forworking for it, Betty had nt worked one bitharder than she had, she thought resentfully. Itwas just a case of the best man winning. Besides,her brother had promised her the dearest littlewrist-watch in New York if she won the medal. Lou thought. Besides, it was nt right for herto room with Marian after she said she d roomwith me. So thats the trouble! her thoughts made
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