Produced by David Newman, Sigal Alon, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College By JESSIE GRAHAM FLOWER, A. M. Author of The Grace Harlowe High School Girls Series, Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College, Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College, Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College. PHILADELPHIA HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY Copyright, 1914 [Illustration: The Eight Originals Were Spending a Last Evening Together.] CONTENTS I. The Last Evening at Home II. The Arrival of Kathleen III. First Impressions IV. Getting Acquainted with the Newspaper Girl V. Two Is a Company VI. An Unsuspected Listener VII. An Unpleasant Summons VIII. Elfreda Prophecies Trouble IX. Opening the Bazaar X. The Alice in Wonderland Circus XI. Grace Meets With a Rebuff XII. Thanksgiving at Overton XIII. Arline Makes the Best of a Bad Matter XIV. Planning the Christmas Dinner XV. A Tissue Paper Tea XVI. A Doubtful Victory XVII. Hippy Looks Mysterious XVIII. Old Jean's Story XIX. Telling Ruth the News XX. Elfreda Realizes Her Ambition XXI. Alberta Keeps Her Promise XXII. Grace's Plan XXIII. What Emma Dean Forgot XXIV. Conclusion LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Eight Originals Were Spending a Last Evening Together. The Emerson Twins Looked Realistically Japanese. "Here is the Letter You Wrote the Dean." "She was Standing Close to the Door." Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College CHAPTER I THE LAST EVENING AT HOME "Now, then, everyone join in the chorus," commanded Hippy Wingate. There was an answering tinkle from Reddy's mandolin, the deeper notes of a guitar sounded, then eight care-free young voices were raised in the plaintive chorus of "My Old Kentucky Home." It was a warm night in September. Miriam Nesbit and seven of the Eight Originals were spending a last evening together on the Harlowes' hospitable veranda. They were on the eve of separation. The following day would witness Nora's and Jessica's departure for the conservatory. Grace and Miriam would return to Overton at the beginning of the next week, and the latter part of the same week would find the four young men entered upon their senior year in college. "Very fine, indeed," commented Hippy, "but in order to sing properly one ought to drink a great deal of lemonade. It is very conducive to a grand opera voice," he added, confiscating several cakes from the plate Grace passed to him and holding out his empty lemonade glass. "But you haven't a grand opera voice," protested David. "That is only a flimsy excuse."