minutes apart remember, young ladies," he said. "Are you going with your
sister's sled, Walter?"

"This first time," said the boy, laughing. "Grace won't slide if I don't,
although Nan knows how to steer just as well as I do."

"Of course she does," said Bess, with assurance. "We don't need a boy
around," she added saucily.

"They're very handy animals to have at times," said the professor, drily.
"Wait a bit, Miss Riggs!" he added sharply. "First come, first served, if
you please. You are number three. Wait your turn."

"Well, aren't those girls ever going to start?" snapped the tall girl,
richly dressed in furs, who had come up with a party of chums and a very
handsome "bob."

Professor Krenner was quite used to Linda's over-bearing ways, and so
were her fellow-pupils. They made the rich and purse-proud girl no more
beloved by her mates. But she could always gather about her a few
satellites--girls who felt proud to be counted the intimates of the
daughter of a railroad president, and who enjoyed Linda Riggs' bounty.

Not that there were many girls at Lakeview Hall whose parents and
guardians were not well off. The school was a very exclusive school. Its
course of instruction prepared the girls for college, or gave them a
"finish" for entrance upon their social duties, if they did not elect to
attend a higher institution of learning.

On this occasion Professor Krenner paid no further attention to Linda