[Illustration: “I THINK I SHALL LIKE IT HERE”] BETTY WALES DECIDES A STORY FOR GIRLS _by_ MARGARET WARDE AUTHOR OF BETTY WALES FRESHMAN BETTY WALES SOPHOMORE BETTY WALES JUNIOR BETTY WALES SENIOR BETTY WALES B. A. BETTY WALES & CO. BETTY WALES ON THE CAMPUS [Illustration] ILLUSTRATED BY EVA M NAGEL THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA MCMXI COPYRIGHT 1911 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY [Illustration] Introduction Betty Wales and her friends appeared first in “Betty Wales, Freshman,” which told the story of their freshman year at Harding College. Eleanor Watson was in that group; so were Mary Brooks, Helen Adams, Roberta, the three B’s, and Katharine Kittredge, of Kankakee. Madeline Ayres made her entrance in “Betty Wales, Sophomore.” “Betty Wales, Junior,” and “Betty Wales, Senior” completed the undergraduate history of Betty’s class. “Betty Wales, B. A.” is the story of a summer abroad, where Betty met Mr. Morton, and “Babe” met his son. “Betty Wales & Co.” described the beginnings of the famous Tally-ho Tea-Shop, and “Betty Wales on the Campus” brought Betty back to Harding as the Secretary of the Student’s Aid Committee. She lived in Morton Hall, erected by the testy old millionaire because Betty’s work had won his sympathy and interest. The “ploshkin” referred to in this story was at first a fascinatingly impossible little animal in a story that Eugenia Ford told Betty’s Smallest Sister, but Madeline Ayres saw its wide possibilities as a fun-maker, and Jasper J. Morton helped the girls put images of it on the market. Contents I. A SLUMP IN PLOSHKINS 9 II. MONTANA MARIE O’TOOLE DAWNS UPON HARDING COLLEGE 27 III. THE INITIATION OF MONTANA MARIE 45 IV. MONTANA MARIE TAKES A RIDE 64 V. THE B. C. A.’S “UNDERTAKE” MONTANA MARIE 81 VI. THE INTERVENTION OF JIM 98 VII. BINKS AMES MAKES A DISCOVERY 115 VIII. JISTS AND SUFFRAGISTS 131 IX. THE TALLY-HO’S DIGNIFIED DINNER 147 X. RESCUING MONTANA MARIE 165 XI. THE BEGUILING OF THE SMALLEST SISTER 179 XII. THE POPPING MASCOTS 193 XIII. MONTANA MARIE AND THE PROM. MAN SUPPLY COMPANY 212 XIV. ENTERTAINING GEORGIA’S SISTER 227 XV. THE NEW WOMAN AT HARDING 246 XVI. THE FRECKLES OF MISS A. PEASE 265 XVII. TWO SURPRISES 283 XVIII. MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS 293 XIX. LIVING UP TO HARDING 311 XX. CLIMAXES 324