And then, just a month before the end of the term, came an eventful day, full of excitement for Betty Wales and the rest of "The Merry Hearts." The morning was like all other mornings at Harding, made up of recitation hours and hurried intervals of study between. The afternoon began with a disappointment, for Betty and Madeline had planned to go skating, and soon after lunch word came that the ice on the river was not strong enough and the rink was closed for the day.