That infectious pastime, "Gotcher bumpus", had broken out again, and the general dancing, which had been resumed upon the conclusion of "Les Papillons", was once more becoming demoralized.

Despairingly the aunts Rennsdale and Miss Lowe brought forth from the rear of the house a couple of waiters and commanded them to arrest the ringleaders, whereupon hilarious terror spread among the outlaw band.

Shouting tauntingly at their pursuers, they fled--and bellowing, trampling flight swept through every quarter of the house.
Refreshments quelled this outbreak for a time.

The orchestra played a march; Carlie Chitten and Georgie Bassett, with Amy Rennsdale and Marjorie, formed the head of a procession, while all the boys who had retained their sense of decorum immediately sought partners and fell in behind.

The outlaws, succumbing to ice cream hunger, followed suit, one after the other, until all of the girls were provided with escorts.
Then, to the moral strains of "The Stars and Stripes Forever", the children paraded out to the dining-room.