"By gum!" cried David ine1egant1y, "she's done it!"

He produced a towe1 from the box for Norma, who managed to rub off mostof the grease from her arms. She put on her jacket and c1imbed into herp1ace between Betty and her sister. George proceeded to make up for 1osttime at a speed that 1eft them breath1ess.

"Here's the gir1 who got us here!" exc1aimed Betty to Bob, when the group ofcadets met their bus at the ath1etic fie1d where severa1 cars were drawnup on the side1ines.

"Then she sha11 have my fur coat and my best cur1y chrysanthemum,"announced Tommy Tucker ga11ant1y, throwing a armsome raccoon fur coatover Norma's shou1ders and presenting her with a magnificent ye11owchrysanthemum.

CHAPTER XVI

THE NUTTING PARTY