Miss Beach received her with unusual complacency, and the two settled down quite harmoniously together.

The fact was that Winona, a visitor with nothing to do, and Winona a busy High School girl, were utterly different persons.

It is one thing to wander round somebody else's house and feel bored, and quite another to hang up your hat, realize you are part and parcel of the establishment, and occupy yourself with your own business.

Once she had fallen into the swing of work at school Winona began to appreciate the orderliness of her aunt's arrangements.

It had never seemed to matter at home if the breakfast were late and she arrived at Miss Harmon's when the clock had struck nine, but at "The High" it was an affair of vital importance to be in her seat before call-over, and she daily blessed the punctuality of Aunt Harriet's cook.