Just enough to get ahead of the other girls," she said, rearranging her brown curls and tilted hat.

"You see, Clarence," she condescended to explain, with a sudden assumption of older superiority, "mother's here at the hotel all this week, and I'm allowed to go home every night, like a day scholar.

Only there's three or four other girls that go out at the same time with me, and one of the Sisters, and to-day I got ahead of 'em just to see YOU." "But" began Clarence.
"Oh, it's all right; the other girls knew it, and helped me.

They don't start out for half an hour yet, and they'll say I've just run ahead, and when they and the Sister get to the hotel I'll be there already--don't you see ?" "Yes," said Clarence dubiously.
"And we'll go to an ice-cream saloon now, shan't we?
There's a nice one near the hotel.

I've got some money," she added quickly, as Clarence looked embarrassed.
"So have I," said Clarence, with a faint accession of color.