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8 "Why, of course! I intended to before," returned the younger girl. "We all agreed about that last winter when we were at Snow Camp."

"Oh, you did, eh?" laughed the other. "Well, if you hadn't joined the Soft Babies you wouldn't have been 'axed,' when it came time to go. This is going to be an S. B. frolic. Your nice little Ruth Fielding says she won't go if Heavy invites any but her precious Sweetbriars to be of the party."

"I don't believe it, Mary Cox!" cried Helen. "I mean, that you must be misinformed. Somebody has maligned Ruth."

"Humph! Maybe, but it doesn't look like it. Who is going to Lighthouse Point?" demanded The Fox, carelessly. "Madge Steele, for although she is president of the Fussy Curls, she is likewise honorary member of the S. B.'s."

"That is so," admitted Helen.

"Heavy, herself," pursued Mary Cox, "Belle and Lluella, who have all backslid from the Upedes, and yourself."

"But you've been invited," said Helen, quickly.

"Not much. I tell you, if you and Belle and Lluella had not joined her S. B.'s you wouldn't have been numbered among Heavy's house party. Don't fool yourself on that score," and with another unpleasant laugh, the older girl walked on and left Helen in a much perturbed state of mind.