I've a box of peppermint creams that will just go round.

One apiece ought to be enough for them to-day." The juniors were fond of peppermints, and even a limited candy party was in their opinion better than none at all.

They had never received sweets of any description from Bertha or Mabel; indeed they regarded them as arch-enemies.

The idea of keeping a watch over their movements appealed to them.
"We'll shadow them, you bet!" grinned little Jean Hammond.

"There isn't much going on in the school that we don't know." "I'm afraid there isn't.