He has called to see me twice since the bazaar, and I am going to the theatre with him to-morrow night.

I like him very much better than any of these silly Oakdale schoolboys," she added a trifle maliciously.
The girls listened, thunderstruck.

Was this good-natured, easy going Marian Barber who had spoken?
To their knowledge Marian had never before received attentions from even "silly schoolboys." She was well liked among girls, but had always fought shy of young men.
"Forgive me, Marian," cried Nora impulsively.

"I didn't dream that you were interested in Mr.Hammond." "I am not half as much interested in him as he is interested in me," retorted Marian, bridling.

"He prefers me to any Oakdale girl he has met." The girls exchanged astonished glances at Marian's complacent statement.
"Where did you first meet him, Marian ?" asked Anne gently.
"At the bazaar," replied Marian promptly.
"Who introduced him to you ?" asked Grace curiously.
Marian hesitated a moment, then burst forth defiantly.