bring some of the teachers and so spoil the fun altogether.
Finally, however, Amelia Boggs got the crowd into line, and the
parade marched out of Room Seven into the corridor.

Room Eight was almost directly opposite the one occupied by Nan and
Bess; but Amelia led the procession the full length of the hall and
returned again before rapping a summons on Rhoda Hammond's door.

"Oh, yes! In a minute," cried a small voice from inside.

But Amelia waited on no appeal of this character. She found on
turning the knob that the door was unlocked. She flung it open and
stalked in, the other girls trailing two by two behind her.

"Oh, dear me! what do you want?" gasped Rhoda.

She had removed and hung up in the clothes-closet the beautiful
furs, dress, and hat. Her bag was open on the couch, but it seemed
to contain no kimono, and the Western girl remained half hidden
behind the portiere that hung before the closet.

"What do you want?" she repeated, gazing in wonder at the tall
figure of the Mistress of Ceremonies.

"We are just in time," said Amelia behind her mask, and in a
supposed-to-be-sepulchral voice. "The sawney is all prepared to don
her costume. Hither, slave! and see that she dons the costume
quickly, for we must haste."

"The slave hithers," said Laura jovially. "Here you are,