But the girls laughed every time they thought about it while they were undressing, and Mary heard an animated conversation begin some time after she had gone to bed in the studio davenport.

She was too sleepy to take any interest in it till Betty called out: "Mary, your escapade has given me the finest sort of a plot for a _Youth's Companion_ story.

I'm going to block it out while I am here, and finish it when we get back to school.

If it is accepted I'll divide the money with you, and we'll come back on it to spend our Easter vacation here." Mary sat up in bed, blinking drowsily.

"I'm honestly afraid my enjoyer _is_ wearing out," she said in a worried tone.