Won't you try to do a little better next half ?" There was a childlike appeal in Grace's voice that grated so on Miriam's nerves, at that moment that she deliberately turned and walked away, leaving Grace standing alone.
"Wait a minute, Miriam," called Nora, who, with some of the other sophomores, had been watching the scene.

"You aren't ill to-day, are you ?" "No," replied Miriam angrily.
"Because, if you are really ill, you know," continued Nora, "your sub.
could take your place.

Anna Ray can play a great deal better game than you played the first half." Miriam turned on Nora furiously, and was about to make one of her most violent replies, when the whistle blew and the girls flew to their places.
Julia Crosby and Grace smiled at each other in the most friendly fashion as they stood face to face for the last time that season.

There was nothing but good-natured rivalry between them now.
The referee balanced the ball for an instant, her whistle to her lips.
Then the ball shot up, her whistle sounded and the great decisive last half had begun.
Grace managed to bat the ball as it descended in the direction of one of her eager forwards who tried for the basket and just missed it.

The juniors made a desperate attempt to get the ball into their territory, but the sophomores were too quick for them, and Nora made a brilliant throw to goal that caused the sophomore fans to cheer with wild enthusiasm.
It was a game long to be remembered.