[Illustration: Surrounded by a love knot of friends, Marjorie opened package after package.] _(Page 161)_ _(Marjorie Dean Macy)_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MARJORIE DEAN MACY BY PAULINE LESTER AUTHOR OF “The Marjorie Dean High School Series,” “The Marjorie Dean College Series,” “The Marjorie Dean Post-Graduate Series,” etc. [Illustration] A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Printed in U. S. A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MARJORIE DEAN POST-GRADUATE SERIES A SERIES FOR GIRLS 12 TO 18 YEARS OF AGE BY PAULINE LESTER MARJORIE DEAN, POST-GRADUATE MARJORIE DEAN, MARVELOUS MANAGER MARJORIE DEAN AT HAMILTON ARMS MARJORIE DEAN’S ROMANCE MARJORIE DEAN MACY Copyright, 1926 By A. L. BURT COMPANY MARJORIE DEAN MACY Made in “U. S. A.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MARJORIE DEAN MACY CHAPTER I. MANAÑA “Here I am—all booted and spurred and ready to ride,” Marjorie Dean called out gaily to Veronica Lynne as Ronny entered the cool spacious patio of Lucero de la Manaña, the Lynnes’ beautiful ranch home in southern California. Marjorie was a feast for beauty-loving eyes as she sat on the wide stone edge of the silver-spraying fountain with its musical murmur of water splashing into a white marble basin. The mannish cut of her gray knickered riding clothes merely made her look more than ever like a little girl. From under her little round gray hat with its bit of irridescent color her bright brown curls showed in a soft fluff. She sat smiling at Ronny, a sleeve of her riding coat pushed back from one rounded arm, one hand trailing idly in the clear water of the basin. “You _sound_ like Paul Revere. At least, that is what he said, supposedly, on the night of his famous ride. You _look_ like Leila Harper’s friend, Beauty, even in riding togs.” Ronny came over to Marjorie, smiling. “I only remember Leila Harper.” Marjorie glanced up teasingly. “You are altogether too forgetful,” Ronny lightly reproved.