At the end of the lane the girl turned into an orchard and sank down
under an apple tree.

Had she really run away from school? She could not turn back now, and
what would her father say? He was so severe about school, he never would
take any excuse.

The black soot had almost all blown off her dress. If she had not been
so proud always, about her looks, perhaps she would not have noticed it
much.

"Oh, what will I do to that girl!" she thought. "It was all her fault,
and I'll lose my place too."

The sense of bitterness that filled Sarah Ford's heart was an entirely
different sentiment from that which animated Tavia Travers when she made
up, the "running under" game. The one was the sense of revenge, bitter
and cunning; the other was a matter of school girl's fun, pure and
simple.

Sitting there on the grass that revengeful spirit took the form of a
resolve in Sarah's heart--to "pay back" Tavia Travers.




CHAPTER VII

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ORCHARD