some of it. But I do hope that the committee will think up something funny.”

At that moment there came a knock on the door and two senior girls were admitted. “May we have Lilian?” they asked.

“She and Hilary went over to the library about half an hour ago, and then were going down to the lake.”

The girls refused the invitation to linger and visit, promising to do so at another time, and continued the search for Lilian. When the bell rang for dinner Hilary and Lilian were seen coming from the direction of the lake arm in arm with these girls, all talking and laughing at a great rate.

“What’s the fun?” asked Isabel, as she passed them.

“A great secret, Isabel,” returned Lilian. “If it were mine, I’d tell you.”

“Of course you’ve been to court lots of times if your father’s a judge,” one of the girls was saying.

“Mercy, no. He won’t let me. O, I’ve been in once or twice for a little while.”

“I suppose we ought to know ‘how the other half lives,’ though.”

“Father says not, not for young people, anyway, and he ought to know. He can convince anybody, too.”

The girls were naturally curious about what Lilian was to do, she explained that what was being done by the committee was to be kept secret and that she had promised. “If any of you are asked to do something too, then I can tell, to a certain extent.”

“How mysterious. I like to be surprised,” said Cathalina.

Lilian, in frantic haste, sent off a special delivery letter to her father, and received one in reply. A large package was brought to the suite for Lilian. Announcement of the senior-freshman party was made at dinner on Tuesday and the freshmen cordially invited for Saturday afternoon, from three to five, “and that means that you are asked to be seated in the hall at three o’clock.” The party was to be held in one of the collegiate society halls. The freshmen were interested and curious to know what was going on, for they had heard rumors of an initiation, The senior girls were paying them a good deal of attention this week, partly to get acquainted with them, partly because of their base designs upon them. Lilian declared 

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