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Doubtless you have often felt it  a sensation as though pins and needles were pricking you all over. As though you wanted to scream  to cry out  against an uncertain sensation that gripped you. In the various classrooms the droning voices were heard  of the pupils in recitations, or of the teachers as they patiently explained some point. DOUBTLESS YOU HAVE OFTEN FELT IT A SENSATION AS THOUGH PINS AND NEEDLES WERE PRICKING YOU ALL OVER AND THOUGH YOU WANTED TO SCREAM TO CRY OUT AGAINST AN UNCERTAIN SENSATION THAT GRIPPED YOU IN VARIOUS CLASSROOMS A DRONING VOICES WERE HEARD OF THE PUPILS IN RECITATION OR OF THE TEACHERS AS THEY PATIENTLY EXPLAINED SOME POINT
 had kept to one corner of the school court, eating their lunches, and never joining in the activities, or talk, of the other pupils. "I wonder what they can be planning?" murmured Alice. "If they're getting up a new society, we'll do the same, and we won't ask them to join." "Indeed we won't," agreed her chum. "That Betty Nelson thinks she can run the school. I'll show her that she can't!" "And if they knew what I know about Amy Stonington I don't believe they'd be so thick with her." "What do you mean?" "It's a secret." "Oh, tell me, Alice," pleaded Kittie. "You know I won't ever tell--honest!" "Promise?" "Promise!" "Well then--oh, come over here. There's that horrid Sadie Jones trying to hear what we're saying," and the two girls, arm in arm, strolled off to a distant part of the court. The afternoon session wore on. The day grew warmer, the sky became overcast, and there was the dull muttering of distant thunder. There seemed a tension in the air--as if something was going to snap. D ALICE JALLOW TOWARD THE CLOSE OF NOON RECESS WHEN THE FOUR CHUMS HAD KEPT TO ONE CORNER OF THE SCHOOL COURT EATING THEIR LUNCHES AND NEVER JOINING IN THE ACTIVITIES OR TALK OF THE OTHER PUPILS I WONDER WHAT THEY CAN BE PLANNING MURMURED ALICE IF THEY'RE GETTING UP A NEW SOCIETY WE'LL DO THE SAME AND WE WON'T ASK THEM TO JOY INDEED WE WON'T AGREED HER CHUM THAT BETTY NELSON THINKS SHE CAN RUN THE SCHOOL I'LL SHOW HER THAT SHE CAN'T AND IF THEY KNEW WHAT I KNOW ABOUT AMY STONINGTON I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'D BE SO THICK WITH HER WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S A SECRET OH TELL ME ALICE PLEADED KITTY YOU KNOW I WON'T EVER TELL HONEST PROMISE PROMISE WELL THEN OH COME OVER HERE THERE'S THAT HORRID SADIE JONES TRYING TO HEAR WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND THE TWO GIRLS ARM IN ARM STROLLED OFF TO A DISTANT PART OF THE COURT THE AFTERNOON SESSION WORE ON THE DAY GREW WARMER THE SKY BECAME OVERCAST AND THERE WAS A DULL MUTTERING OF DISTANT THUNDER THERE SEEMED A TENSION IN THE AIR AS IF SOMETHING WAS GOING TO SNAP
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