Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Ginny Brewer, Tom Allen, Mary Meehan, David Newman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. 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. PHILADELPHIA HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY Copyright, 1915 [Illustration: The Girls Worked Busily] 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 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Girls Worked Busily. "Why, Emma Dean!" Exclaimed Grace. "We Decided to Give Our Loyalheart a Loyalty Token." "Did I Startle You, Miss Ward?" 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."