human
Oh, listen! cried Betty.
gpt
The birds aren't all gone yet by any means, and if there isn't a dear old meadow lark singing in the sunshine!
human
Oh, yes. Betty Lee's from the country and knows the birds!
gpt
Well, then, let me stick to Betty on this hike. We study those things in the Girl Reserve camp. Are you a 'Girl Reserve,' Betty?
human
Oh, yes. I joined last year, but I don't belong to the same group in high school that you do, of course.
gpt
No. We've been watching the fall migration and gathering some of the fall wild flowers for botany class, too.
human
I'd like to do that, said Lucia. Mathilde tossed her head and looked disgusted, saying something about there being such a
gpt
It's more than a fad, said Lucia.
human
It's good for you to get outdoors more, and then it helps your country to look after the birds and wild flowers. I don't know much about your American birds and flowers and trees, but I could learn, perhaps.
gpt
Oh, that would be lovely, Lucia! cried Betty.
human
I don't know much, but I can tell you a little when we take the hikes. You'd soon get ahead of my small knowledge, though.
gpt
Girls, said the junior,
human
I'm going to have a party Hallowe'en night and I'd love to have you come. I'm getting it up rather suddenly, but there are a few sophomore girls that I want. Will you be one of them?
gpt
Thank you, said Lucia.
human
I will ask Mother.
gpt
I'd be delighted,
human
It's so good of you, smiled Betty.
gpt
I think I can come. Some of the girls were talking about a sophomore party, but I don't see how we could get up such a big affair on short notice.
human
I wouldn't try a class affair, pleasantly advised the junior.
gpt
I'll call you up, perhaps; but if I don't you will understand, I hope. I'm sending out some funny invitations and suppose you just give me your addresses now, though I _could_ look it up in the directory, of course.
human
What sort of a party is it? asked Mathilde,
gpt
Yes. Wear anything you happen to have, and a mask, of course. We'll do the usual things, indoors and out if it isn't too freezing cold by that time. We've an attic and a basement and I'm going to use both for stunts.
human
How jolly! Betty's face brightened with her happiest enthusiasm, and the junior, Marcella Waite, was glad that she had invited her, privately thinking Betty a