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The noon recess again brought the four friends together, and Betty showed a tentative program she had surreptitiously scribbled during a study period. It contained the names of towns, with the available relatives of the girls set down opposite each one, and a rough calculation of the time required to walk from one place to the other. THE NOON RECESS AGAIN BROUGHT THE FOUR FRIENDS TOGETHER AND BETTY SHOWED A TENTATIVE PROGRAMME SHE HAD SURREPTITIOUSLY SCRIBBLED DURING THE STUDY PERIOD IT CONTAINED THE NAMES OF TOWNS WITH THE AVAILABLE RELATIVES OF THE GIRLS SET DOWN OPPOSITE EACH ONE AND A ROUGH CALCULATION OF THE TIME REQUIRED TO WALK FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER
race. "Not a word! I telephoned to the paper, and they said no replies had come in there. If that young man is depending on this money to make his fortune, I'm afraid he'll be broken instead of made, to use his own expression," and Betty sighed. The warning bell had broken in on their talk, as it had on that of the rival girls. And then began the school day. It was warm--very warm for that time of year, being early May, and as the members of the new Camping and Tramping Club looked from the open windows, out to where Spring was already forcing into bloom the flowers, and urging the trees to greater activity, as regards the tender green leaves, there came an almost overpowering desire to toss aside books and papers, and get out where the smell of the brown earth mingled with the perfume of growing vegetation. The teachers, doubtless, found it difficult also, for the call of nature manifested itself to them, and the girls and boys, rather selfishly, did not make it as easy as they might. 'T HEARD A WORD YET ASKED GRACE NOT A WORD I TELEPHONED TO THE PAPER AND THEY SAID NO REPLIES HAD COME IN THERE IF THAT YOUNG MAN IS DEPENDING ON THIS MONEY TO MAKE HIS FORTUNE I'M AFRAID HE'LL BE BROKEN INSTEAD OF MADE TO USE HIS OWN EXPRESSION AND BETTY SIGHED THE WARNING BELL HAD BROKEN IN ON THEIR TALK AS IT HAD ON THAT OF THE WIVAL GIRLS AND THEN BEGAN THE SCHOOL DAY IT WAS WARM VERY WARM FOR THAT TIME OF YEAR BEING EARLY MAY AND AS THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW CAMPING AND TRAMPING CLUB LOOKED OUT FROM THE OPEN WINDOWS OUT TO WHERE SPRING WAS ALREADY FORCING INTO BLOOM THE FLOWERS AND URGING THE TREES TO GREATER ACTIVITY AS REGARDS THE TENDER GREEN LEAVES THERE CAME AN ALMOST OVERPOWERING DESIRE TO TOSS ASIDE BOOKS AND PAPERS AND GET OUT WHERE THE SMELL OF THE BROWN EARTH MINGLED WITH A PERFUME OF GROWING VEGETATION THE TEACHERS DOUBTLESS FOUND IT DIFFICULT ALSO FOR THE CALL OF NATURE MANIFESTED ITSELF TO THEM AND THE GIRLS AND BOYS RATHER SELFISHLY DID NOT MAKE IT AS EASY AS THEY MIGHT
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