CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Good News and Bad | [5] |
| II. | A Troubled Sunday | [20] |
| III. | Gossip Over the Teacups | [38] |
| IV. | The Senior Ramble | [51] |
| V. | All's Well That Ends Well | [66] |
| VI. | The Retort Courteous | [77] |
| VII. | A Stolen Visit | [89] |
| VIII. | Barbed Arrows | [104] |
| IX. | The Substitute | [114] |
| X. | The Polite Freeze-out | [126] |
| XI. | The Ways of Providence | [138] |
| XII. | Friendly Rivals | [152] |
| XIII. | The Drop of Poison | [164] |
| XIV. | Judy Defiant | [180] |
| XV. | The Campus Ghost | [195] |
| XVI. | On the Grill | [208] |
| XVII. | A Christmas Eve Misunderstanding | [220] |
| XVIII. | Two Christmas Breakfasts | [236] |
| XIX. | Facing the Enemy | [251] |
| XX. | The Jubilee | [267] |
| XXI. | Farewells | [277] |
| XXII. | The Final Days | [289] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| "You're Right in the Fashion, Miss Brown," observed Adele | [Frontispiece] |
| Before She Had Time to Realize the Danger, JimmyLufton Had Torn Off His Coat | [132] |
| Good-bye to Wellington and the Old Happy Days | [303] |
Molly Brown's Senior Days
CHAPTER I.
GOOD NEWS AND BAD.
Summer still lingered in the land when Wellington College opened her gates one morning in September. Frequent heavy rains had freshened the thirsty fields and meadows, and autumn had not yet touched the foliage with scarlet and gold. The breeze that fluttered the curtains at the windows of No. 5 Quadrangle was as soft and humid as a breath of May. It was as if spring was in the air and the note of things awakening, pushing up through the damp earth to catch the warm rays of the sun. It was Nature's last effort before she entered into her long sleep.
Molly Brown, standing by the open window, gazed thoughtfully across the campus. Snatches of song and laughter, fragments of conversation and the tinkle of the mandolin floated up to her from the darkness. It was like an oft-told but ever delightful story to her now.