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"And of course," drawled Laura Polk, she of the irrepressiblespirits and what Mrs. Cupp called "flamboyant" hair, "she will comeriding up to the Hall on her trusty pinto pony (whatever kind ofpony that is), with a gun at her belt and swinging a lariat. Shewill yell for Dr. Beulah to come forth, and the minute the darlingappears this Rude Rhoda from the Rolling Prairie will proceed torope our dear preceptress and bear her off captive to her lair—"
"My—goodness—gracious—Agnes!" exclaimed Amelia Boggs, morefrequently addressed as 'Procrastination Boggs', "you are gettingyour metaphors dreadfully mixed. It is a four-legged beast of preythat bears its victim away to its 'lair.'"
"How do you know Rollicking Rhoda from Crimson Gulch hasn't fourlegs?" demanded the red-haired girl earnestly. "You know very wellfrom what we see in the movies that there are more wonders in the'Wild and Woolly West' than are dreamed of in your philosophy,Horatio-Amelia."
"One thing I say," said a very much overdressed girl who hadevidently just arrived, for she had not removed her furs and coat,and was warming herself before the open fire in the beautifulreception hall where this conversation was going on, "I thinkLakeview Hall is getting to be dreadfully common, when all sortsand conditions of girls are allowed to come here."
"Oh, I guess this Rhododendron-girl from Dead Man's Den has moneyenough to suit even you, Linda," Laura Polk said carelessly.
"Money isn't everything, I hope," said the girl in furs, tossingher head.
"Hear! Hear!" exclaimed Laura, and some of the other girls laughed.
"Linda's had a change of heart."
"Dear me!" sniffed Linda Riggs, "how smart you are, Polk. Just asthough I was not used to anything but money—"
"True. You are. Bu