nicer to be on the campus. We really should have made arrangements
before-hand, and if we hadn't waited until the last moment to decide to
what college we wished to go we might be cosily settled now."

"Perhaps we are only fulfilling our destiny," smiled Miriam Nesbit.

"Perhaps," agreed Grace in a doubtful tone. "Once we are in our hall or
boarding house I dare say we will shake off this feeling of constraint
and become genuine Overtonites."

"Had we better study to-night?" inquired Grace as they made their way
from the hotel dining room.

"I think it would be a wise proceeding," agreed Miriam. "I want to go
over my French verbs."

"So do I," echoed Grace. "Let's study until ten, and then go straight to
bed."

Ten o'clock stretched well toward eleven before Grace put down her text
book with a tired little sigh and declared herself too sleepy for
further study.

It had been arranged that Miriam should occupy the one room of the suite
while Grace and Anne were to share the other, which had two beds. The
long journey by rail had tired the travelers far more than they would
admit. For a few moments, after retiring, conversation flourished
between the two rooms, then died away in indistinct murmurs, and the
prospective Overton freshmen slept peacefully as though safe in their
Oakdale homes.