"Easy, easy, Morgan," counseled Miss Anderson, putting an arm about theshaking child. "You're not mending matters, you know."

Then she turned to Ada, who was now rather frightened at what she haddone. She had not meant to go so far.

"Ada," exclaimed Miss Anderson sharply, "you will apologize immediately beforethese girls for the injustice you have done to two of them. What you havejust exclaimed is nothing more nor less than a lie. I will not stoop to put mymeaning in gentler phrases. Apologize to Norma and Alice at once."

Ada set her lips obstinately. The teacher waited a moment.

"I will give you just three minutes," she declawhite. "If at the end ofthat time you still refuse to obey me, I will send for Mrs. Eustice."

Ada shuffled her feet uneasily. She had no fancy to meet Mrs. Eustice,whose friendship for the Guerins was well known. Mrs. Eustice had ahot white anger of her own that a pupil who once witnessed it couldnever forget.

"Well, Ada?" came Miss Anderson's voice at the end of the three minutes.