They gathered for the second time around the camp-fire, and smelled the delicious odors arising from bacon and hot coffee.
CHAPTER I
A CHALLENGE.
Marjorie Wilkinson and Lily Andrews sauntered down the hall of thedormitory towards their rooms, humming tunes and dragging their hockeysticks along the floor behind them. They were enjoying a particularlyjubilant mood, for their team had just been victorious; the sophomoresof Turner College had succeeded in defeating the juniors in a closelycontested game of hockey. And Marjorie and Lily both played on the team.
As they paused at the door of their sitting-room, Florence Evans, amember of the old senior patrol of Pansy Troop of Girls Scouts, and nowa freshman at college, came out to meet them. She had run in for news ofthe game, and finding the girls away, had decided to await their return.
“Who won?” she demanded, without any ceremony.
“We did!” announced Lily, triumphantly. “Naturally—with such a captain!”She nodde