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Julia Cloud drew her down upon the couch, and soothed her, covering her with an afghan and trying to comfort her Then the dean stepped over to the couch and spoke to Leslie

"Miss Cloud, you ently, as if she had been his own child "You have acted nobly, and no one will blareat shame and sorrow, and you certainly have been brave and true Don't worry, child," and he patted Leslie's heaving shoulder kindly

Presently the dean and his co Myrtle with theled up on the couch, with Allison building up the fire and Cherry bringing a tray with a nice supper Julia Cloud fixed a hot-water bag to warood to be at hoain, and her throat filled with sobs

"O Cloudy!" She caught her aunt's hands "I'll never, never do anything again you don't want me to!" she sobbed out, and then burst into another paroxysm of tears

"There! Now, kid! Don't cry anyby her, shly "You were a little winner! You had every bit of your nerve with you Why, you did a great thing, kid! Outwitting those two brutes and bringing that girl back in spite of herself But the greatest thing of all was your o on If you hadn't done that, it would have been her word against yours; and I iet around people with her wiles Now she's got to face facts; and believe me, kid, it'll be better for her in the end She was headed straight for a bad end, and no mistake All the fellows knew it, and the faculty suspected it; and it was irl o to destruction, they say, if he can help it Oh, of course he'll fire her She isn't fit to be around here But he'll keep an eye on her, and he'll fire her in such a way that she'll have another chance toto take it Don't you worry about spoiling her life She'd set out to spoil it in the first place, and the best thing that could possibly happen to her was to get stopped before she went too far Froe with that felloould have been any advantage to her"