[Illustration: “She stood beaming her delight of the flower-like group that had invaded her room.”] [_Page 57_] [_Marjorie Dean Macy’s Hamilton Colony_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marjorie Dean Macy’s Hamilton Colony _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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE 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 MARJORIE DEAN MACY’S HAMILTON COLONY Copyright, 1930 By A. L. BURT COMPANY MARJORIE DEAN MACY’S HAMILTON COLONY Printed in U. S. A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MARJORIE DEAN MACY’S HAMILTON COLONY CHAPTER I “Something fine is going to happen, Bean.” Jerry Macy leaned back in the roomy porch rocker, half-closed blue eyes squinting prophetically up at the turquoise August sky. “Yes, sir; it is.” “Several fine things _ought_ to happen, but they haven’t.” Marjorie Dean Macy’s emphasis upon the “ought” was energetically wistful. “Something celostrous is coming this way,” Jerry continued to maintain. “It’s in the air.” “I wish it would hurry up, and come, then. Captain was to be home from the beach yesterday. _She_ hasn’t happened. Leila owes me a letter. _That_ hasn’t happened yet. I haven’t heard from her for over a month, or from Vera, either. And there is Hamilton Arms, still boarded up and with no sign of Miss Susanna, or Jonas. Where is everybody? That’s what _I’d_ like to know.” “_I’m_ with you yet, Mrs. Macy,” Jerry reminded pertinently. “And incidentally, you still have a nice kind husband.” She beamed upon the lovely occupant of the porch swing with pretended solicitude. “Thank you for reminding me of my blessings.” Marjorie nodded laughing gratitude at Jerry. “What do you _think_ is going to happen, wise sooth-sayer?” she asked in the next breath.