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But Sarah Fish and Phyllis Short , and some of the other Infants , seemed determined to keep the idea alive , and they all considered Ruth Fielding a prime mover in the conspiracy . It was noised abroad that neither the F. C. 's nor the Upedes were getting many new names enrolled for membership . Saturday morning the remainder of the expected new girls arrived at Briarwood , and with then came the last of the older scholars , too . There was an assembly called for two o'clock which Mrs. Tellingham addressed . She welcomed the new-comers , greeted the returning pupils , and briefly sketched the plans for the school year then beginning . She was a quick , briskly-speaking woman , who impressed the most rattle-pated girl before her that she meant to be obeyed and that no wild prank would go unpunished . `` Proper amusement will be supplied in due time , young ladies .