College Girls [Illustration: “IS IT THIS?"] College Girls By Abbe Carter Goodloe Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson New York Charles Scribner’s Sons 1895 _Copyright, 1895, by Charles Scribner’s Sons_ TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK CONTENTS _Page_ _A Photograph_, 1 _An Aquarelle_, 17 “_La Belle Hélène_,” 37 _As Told by Her_, 67 _A Short Career_, 95 _An Episode_, 107 _Her Decision_, 145 _Revenge_, 163 _The College Beauty_, 187 _A Telephoned Telegram_, 203 “_Miss Rose_,” 213 _A Short Study in Evolution_, 225 _The Genius of Bowlder Bluff_, 243 _Time and Tide_, 267 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS “_Is it this?_” _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ _She stopped and her face grew whiter_, 12 “_They wanted him to put them in his stories_,” 14 _The political economist_, 76 “_It has been a long while since you were a student here_,” 78 “_How kind you are_,” 90 “_You cannot imagine how anxious the girls are to see you_,” 174 “_Play!_” 176 _A rather chilling influence_, 230 _She had stolen furtive glances at her_, 232 _When the two women were within a few feet of each other_, 240 A PHOTOGRAPH