Chapter XXXI: A Meeting of the Board

“Jean is gone!”

It was Dorothy who gave this news to Tavia.

“Gone where?”

“Gone home!”

“So early?”

“Gone, not to come back? Poor Jean!”

“Don’t cry over it. Likely she was glad to get away from the work,” said Tavia, although she knew that something unexpected must have happened.

“She left a note for me and said I might read it to you,” Dorothy continued. “In fact she said she would be glad if I would tell all the girls that she--had done--foolish things--through jealousy. But, of course, I won’t. She seems to be heartbroken.”

A messenger appeared at the open door. It was the boy from the post-office, and he held in his hand a special delivery letter for Dorothy. This interrupted the story of Jean.

Dorothy opened it nervously. She had been hoping for good news that might come before the courts closed for the holidays.

Tavia watched her closely as she read. Then she saw the change in her expression, and there was scarcely need to tell her that the good news had come.

“Oh Tavia! It is all right! Father has recovered all his money! And--what do you think? It was Jean’s uncle who was at fault! He had committed a forgery, and was keeping the funds for his own use! That is why Jean left!”

Both girls were speechless with excitement after this startling information was realized. It was Dorothy who spoke first.

“I am so sorry for her,” she said. “Think, if it had been _father_ who lost all!”

“But your father would not commit a forgery,” said Tavia, in her own way.

“Yes, but neither did Jean,” objected Dorothy.

“Well, at any rate, let us be glad,” insisted Tavia. “Here is the first act,” and she tried to do a tom-boyish somersault over Dorothy’s hat box.

Then there was a rush through the hall. It meant that the girls were coming to Room Nineteen. The rush continued until Dorothy was placed on the floor, and Cologne occupied her chair while Tavia had been, not too carefully, lifted to the top of the chiffonier, from which all things had previously been removed.

The “T’s” were there as well as the Glens, but Cologne was “spokesman.”

“We have come----” she began.

“You don’t say,” interrupted Tavia.

“For that you shall be gagged--if you do it again,” threatened Cologne.

Molly Richards, or Dick as we know her, fell off the upturned jardiniere upon which she had been vainly trying to balance herself.

“This is awful,” said the chairman, “and I may have to postpone----”

“Never!” came a shout. “We came for a full meeting of the board, and we demand it.”

“Then let the Tarters elsewhere speak first. They are our--visitors,” decided Cologne.

Cecilia Reynolds was not as merry as the others, but she had come to do her part, and was determined not to flinch.

“Well,” she began, “we feel we made a mistake in having a club opposed to the Glens.”

“Splendid feeling,” put in Tavia again. “Hurray!”

“And we did--some things--that now we see were not as funny--as we thought they might be,” went on Cecilia, with an effort. “We voted, at a meeting, to have Dorothy’s story of the lunch wagon published. We did not think it would amount to so much, and we decided that the smallest member--the one least to be suspected, should take the picture off Tavia’s bureau. Zada was the smallest.”

Tavia could not stand this. She jumped up, and although she was only joking now, since all things had turned out so well, she did throw a scrap basket at Cecilia. It hit another member of the Tarters, Nell Dean, and when the latter tossed it back it landed nicely over Tavia’s head, and extinguished her, for which all were thankful.

“Then Jean,” went on Cecilia, “thought we could get ahead of the older members, and we tried all sorts of tricks to do so.”

“We will not talk of those absent,” said Cologne, kindly. “Let us hear from the Glens. Tavia and Ned, where were you the night of the fortune telling racket?”

Tavia stretched out her hands in mock entreaty.

“Oh spare me!” she gasped. “Spare me the shame of my bare foot.”

“Tell us,” demanded Cologne.

“Help, Ned!” begged Tavia.

“No, we have questioned you,” insisted the chairman.

“Well, then, I will tell the story of the mystery of the crystal ball,” said Tavia, making her way to the center of the group, and knocking over a few girls who were squatted on the floor in doing so. “That night we, Ned and I, heard of the fortune-telling scheme. So we made up our minds we would have her tell the truth for once. We hurried off, and gave the old lady a dollar. Ned chipped in, though I had to take it from her, and we gave her all the information she needed. We had the girls marked so she could easily tell them apart, and we, Ned and I, had the delightful, pleasurable excitement, of listening at the broken window, while the old lady fulfilled her contract. Then, when we were scurrying home, I slipped----”

The uproar that followed this confession could only be described as a human earthquake. Dorothy was supposed to have known of the fraud, although she did not, and she was not spared in the efforts of the fooled ones, those who had paid money to have their fortunes told--by Tavia!

“But we had a good time,” said Ned, timidly, when some of the excitement had subsided.

“Anything else?” asked Cologne. “Remember we are consolidating now--no more secrets?”

“Yes. I know how that man knew about Jean having her check,” said Nita Brant. “The old fortune teller used to wait for Jean and that day she had seen her go to the post-office, and get the letter. She kept Jean talking on her way back until the man got farther up in the woods, to wait for her. Jake got her purse back yesterday from a place where the Shebad woman had pawned it. And we learned, too, that Jean purposely dropped that scrap of paper near Dorothy’s door to worry her.”

This was nothing to laugh at. And the bright faces turned serious.

“Now, Dorothy,” and Cologne looked into the blue eyes of her friend, “you have a letter to read to us.”

Dorothy had not yet read Jean’s note, and she objected to doing so first in public.

“But Jean left a note to me saying she insisted on her letter being read,” went on Cologne.

Then Dorothy was compelled to yield.

Everyone sat up quietly while the message from Jean, like a sad note from another world, was read.

Dorothy began:

“_My Dear Companions_:

“I am going away. I can no longer be a pupil of any boarding
school, and I deeply regret that I made such poor use of my time
while I had the chance to do better. While I had plenty of money
I felt no responsibility, but since my uncle’s failure, and the
showing to me of his true character, I feel more like a woman
than a girl. I want to apologize for any disturbance I made at
Glenwood, particularly to Dorothy Dale, whom I thought it was
sport to distress. It is I, and not Dorothy, who will now have to
go out into the world to work. But perhaps in that I may be able
to give up the nonsense I have been lately plunged into, and in
which, my own dear mother never took part. I could say much more
but take this message and--good-bye.

“JEAN.”

There was not a dry eye when Dorothy ceased. The coming of Mrs. Pangborn saved them from actual weeping.

“Young ladies,” she said, “I have a surprise for you. I guessed in which room I would find you. I have received a letter from Major Dale, Dorothy’s father, sending me a check with which to give you all a merry time before parting. As the snow is so beautiful to-day I thought you might like a full, school sleigh ride. So I have hired some vehicles, and----”

“Hurrah! Hurra! Hurroo!” shouted the girls, forgetting all dignity in face of such a treat.

And on the hills of Glenwood, in three big sleighs, with Jake leading in the _Glenwood_, its plumes flying, let us leave our friends, to meet them again, in another volume, to be called, “Dorothy Dale in the City.”

“Well, ‘all is well that ends well,’” murmured Tavia, as they flew along the snowy road, the sleighbells jingling merrily.

“Yes, and I am glad of it,” answered Dorothy. “But poor Jean, I am so sorry for her!”

“We all are,” came from Edna.

Then came a burst of song from the sleigh ahead. And with that song we will say good-bye.

THE END

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Transcriber’s Note:

Variations in hyphenated words have been retained as they appear in the original publication. Punctuation has been standardised. Other changes to the original publication are as follows:

Page 3
I would’t wear one like it _changed to_
I wouldn’t wear one like it

and the very thinest silk _changed to_
and the very thinnest silk

Page 6
favorite with her acquaintences _changed to_
favorite with her acquaintances

Page 14
Tavia had inadvertantly poured _changed to_
Tavia had inadvertently poured

Page 21
be worse off that Amy _changed to_
be worse off than Amy

Page 45
in a gorgeous red kimona _changed to_
in a gorgeous red kimono

Page 47
flash of that fire-alarm kimona _changed to_
flash of that fire-alarm kimono

Page 48
under the irridescent blades of light _changed to_
under the iridescent blades of light

Page 55
Dorothy lauged frankly _changed to_
Dorothy laughed frankly

Page 84
absurb comparison brought forth _changed to_
absurd comparison brought forth

Page 86
stranger, named Cecilia Reynold _changed to_
stranger, named Cecilia Reynolds

skirt was was torn from her _changed to_
skirt was torn from her

Page 95
suspicous whispering at lunch time _changed to_
suspicious whispering at lunch time

Page 114
Be assurred if I am hauled _changed to_
Be assured if I am hauled

Page 115
with that remarks echoing _changed to_
with that remark echoing

Page 119
I shall turn somnabulist _changed to_
I shall turn somnambulist

Page 143
Jake assurred them _changed to_
Jake assured them

Page 146
I known Cologne and Annette are _changed to_
I know Cologne and Annette are

Page 183
she enterd the classroom _changed to_
she entered the classroom

Page 185
in the white haired woman _changed to_
in the white-haired woman

Page 189
and such varities of outdoor life _changed to_
and such varieties of outdoor life

Page 190
instruct the class on varities of _changed to_
instruct the class on varieties of

Page 193
said Miss Cumming calmly _changed to_
said Miss Cummings calmly

Page 209
She was somewhat supertitious _changed to_
She was somewhat superstitious

Page 211
be interferred with by a giggling _changed to_
be interfered with by a giggling

Page 212
he replied camly _changed to_
he replied calmly

Page 221
or direct infringment of the rules _changed to_
or direct infringement of the rules

Page 235
the upturned jardinere upon which _changed to_
the upturned jardiniere upon which

Page 235
let the Tartars speak first _changed to_
let the Tarters speak first

Page 236
another member of the Tartars _changed to_
another member of the Tarters

Page 239
saved them for actual weeping _changed to_
saved them from actual weeping

Book catalogue, page 3
RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOODHALL _changed to_
RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOOD HALL

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