Grace Harlowes Return to Overton Campus

Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus?by Jessie Graham Flower

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GRACE HARLOWE'S RETURN TO OVERTON CAMPUS
By
JESSIE GRAHAM FLOWER, A.M.
Author of The High School Girls Series, The College Girls Series, etc.
1915

CONTENTS
I. A MIDSUMMER PILGRIMAGE II. A WELCOME GUEST III. AN UNEXPECTED CALLER IV. THE SECRET SESSION V. THE WAY TO PERPETUAL YOUTH VI. JESSICA'S WEDDING VII. THE RETURN OF EMMA DEAN VIII. A STRANGE APPLICANT IX. MARY REYNOLDS MAKES A NEW FRIEND X. THE THIRTY-THIRD GIRL XI. EVELYN WARD, FRESHMAN XII. THE HARLOWE HOUSE CLUB XIII. PLANNING FOR THE RECEPTION XIV. A DISQUIETING THOUGHT XV. A SEMPER FIDELIS REUNION XVI. THE INTERRUPTED CONFIDENCE XVII. A WEEK-END IN NEW YORK XVIII. A HUMILIATING REPRIMAND XIX. AN UNINTENTIONAL LISTENER XX. A DOUBLE PUZZLE XXI. THE PUZZLE DEEPENS XXII. TWO LETTERS XXIII. KATHLEEN WEST, CONFIDANTE XXIV. CONCLUSION

Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
CHAPTER I
A MIDSUMMER PILGRIMAGE
"Overton, at last!" exclaimed Grace Harlowe, as, regardless of possible cinders and stern railroad injunctions, she leaned far out of the car window to obtain a first eager glimpse of her destination.
It was midsummer, and the quiet, little town of Overton drowsed gently, not to awaken until the sounds of girl laughter and the passing of light feet through its sleepy streets roused it to the realization that it was Overton College that made its hum-drum existence worth while.
"Oh, Mrs. Gray, you can't imagine how happy I feel!" went on Grace, her eyes eloquent with emotion. "Next to home, I love Overton better than any other place on earth. I'm so glad we are going to stay at Wayne Hall, and that Mrs. Elwood is to meet us."
A long shrill whistle, a creaking and groaning of protesting iron wheels, the stentorian cry of "Overton! Overton!" and then a sudden jarring stop. Grace reached to the rack overhead for Mrs. Gray's small leather bag, allowing the dainty little old lady to precede her down the aisle which was practically clear. Apparently they were the only Overton passengers in that car. She stood still on the top step of the train until Mrs. Gray had been safely landed on the platform by the smiling porter, then, disdaining his helping hand, ran down the steps with a joyful skip that caused her companion to say indulgently, "You'll never grow up, Grace, and I'm glad of it. I can't become reconciled to the fact that Nora and Jessica are brides-to-be and that Anne's art is making her terribly serious. It's a joy to my old age to see you frisk about as happily as you did when you were a little thing in short white skirts with two long braids of fair hair hanging down your back."
"I don't really feel a bit older than I did then," confessed Grace. "Sometimes I'm almost ashamed of my enthusiasm. It seems as though nice things are always happening to me, and this summer pilgrimage of just we two is the nicest of all."
They were walking slowly across the deserted platform now, and Grace was keeping a sharp look-out on all sides for the short, comfortable figure of Mrs. Elwood.
"There she is!" Grace hurried forward, her hands outstretched. The next instant they were held in Mrs. Elwood's welcoming grasp, while she kissed Grace's soft cheek.
"My dear, dear girl!" she exclaimed, a suspicious moisture in her kindly blue eyes. "It does seem good to see you again. I'm very glad to welcome you to Overton, Mrs. Gray," she turned to shake hands with the donor of Harlowe House, "and delighted to know that