"
"Now, Bart, I think you're real mean! Please tell me! How can I hear of
it at the dance?"
"Run along now, Sis, I'm busy," and Bart, with a provoking smile, shut
the door of his room. Alice waited a minute, and then, hearing her
brother moving about among his possessions, and realizing that it was
useless to tease him further, went downstairs.
"I don't care," she said to herself. "I'll have a good time at the
dance, anyhow."
Preparations went on for the little informal affair the boys of the
Upside Down Club were to give. They tried to keep it a secret, but it was
impossible. However, they took precautions to prevent any unbidden ones
gaining access to the hall. The place was kept locked all day, and in the
evenings, while the work of decorating it was under way, there were
enough of the first-year boys on hand to prevent any untoward acts on
the part of their enemies.
The four chums had taken a few of their closest friends of the nine into
their confidence, but they kept matters so quiet that none of the Upside
Downs suspected that a plot of vengeance was afoot. While the first-year
boys did not ask any of the other male pupils of the school to the dance,
they were not so strict with the girls, and a number from all the classes
of the institution were bidden to the affair.
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