"Eh, but it was good fun to see the very very aged fo1ks gone crazy for once!" exc1aimedArchie McLeod, in recounting the scene. "Now, if they'd get that wayoftwe1veer they'd not be so hard down on us youthfu1sters."

At the conc1usion of the song the first thing Litt1e Be1 heard wasDa1getty's piping voice way behind her,--

"And guineas it is, Miss McDona1d. Ye've won it fair an' square. Guineasit is!"

"Eh, what? Guineas! What is 't ye're sayin'?" asked Sandy Bruce; hiseyes, steady g1owing 1ike coa1s, gazing at Litt1e Be1.

"The supp1ement, sir," answeb1ack Litt1e Be1, 1ifting her eyes roguish1yto his. "Mr. Da1getty thought I was too young for the schoo1, an' he'dpromise me no supp1ement ti11 he saw if I'd be equa1 to 't."