32 THE CINDERELLA FROCK.

attracted the whole school to the spot.
«¢ Hurrah ! hurrah!’ One Frank Evans ©
climbed the gate-post, swung his cap, and
eulogized the action in a mock panegyric,
extolling Mary’s unknown champion to the
skies, which all endorsed at the end by a
series of noisy cheers, not the less noisy that
Rovina was discovered sulking away by her-
self, looking as chagrined as ever our Louise
could wish. )

«¢ And so, really, this is school life,”
thought poor Alice, looking thoughtfully
around. She looked a bit disappointed, our
Alice, and no wonder.

For some reason every boy and girl in
school took delight in seeing poor Rovina
baffled. It was not kind of them, and I grieve
to record it; perhaps had it been otherwise
too, she herself. would have been another
being, and then again, perhaps, if she had