"But to be perfectly frank, I am not in favor of the club taking up Miss West's case.

You all know how badly she behaved toward us last year, particularly toward Grace.

If we offered her help, no doubt we should be ridiculed for our pains.

I think the best thing for us to do is to let her alone." "So do I," echoed Sarah Emerson.
Several affirmative murmurs went up from various girls.
"Now, see here," began Elfreda Briggs emphatically.

"What is the use in our calling ourselves Semper Fidelis and then going back on our principles?
When we organized this club, we didn't make any conditions as to who should be helped and who shouldn't, did we?
Whoever needed help was to have it.