destroyed, although the splendid efforts of the firemen had
prevented the flames from extending to the main buildings, and the
rain had completed their good work.

Grace had allowed no grass to grow under her feet, but had gone to
the root of the matter the day following the fire, and found that
the school could expect no assistance from the city or the state
that year. She had thereupon racked her usually fertile brain for
money-making schemes, but so far had settled on nothing, so she
had called in her friends, and the Phi Sigma Tau had been in
council for the past half hour without having advanced a single
prolific idea.

"Think hard, girls," begged Grace. "We simply must do something
that will make Oakdale sit up and take notice, and incidentally
spend their money."

"We might give a play or a concert," suggested Eva Allen.

"Not original enough to draw the crowd," vetoed Nora O'Malley.
"Besides, the sophomore class has already begun to make plans for
a play. While the other three classes are making plans we ought to
go ahead and astonish the natives. The early stunt catches the
cash, you know," concluded Nora slangily.

"Well, what would you suggest as a cash-catching stunt?" asked
Anne. "You are generally a prize suggester."

"We might have a bazaar," said Nora after a moment's thought,
"with ever so many different booths. We could have a gypsy camp,