magazines and a box of candy on the nearest bench and ran toward a
quartette of girls who had just left the train that stood puffing
noisily in front of the station at Overton.

The tall, gray-eyed young woman in blue turned at the call, and,
running back, met the other half way. "Why, Arline!" she exclaimed.
"I didn't see you when I got off the train." The two girls exchanged
affectionate greetings; then Arline was passed on to Miriam Nesbit,
Anne Pierson and J. Elfreda Briggs, who, with Grace Harlowe, had come
back to Overton College to begin their second year's course of study.

Those who have followed the fortunes of Grace Harlowe and her
friends through their four years of high school life are familiar
with what happened during "GRACE HARLOWE'S PLEBE YEAR AT HIGH
SCHOOL," the story of her freshman year. "GRACE HARLOWE'S SOPHOMORE
YEAR AT HIGH SCHOOL" gave a faithful account of the doings of Grace
and her three friends, Nora O'Malley, Anne Pierson and Jessica
Bright, during their sophomore days. "GRACE HARLOWE'S JUNIOR YEAR AT
HIGH SCHOOL" and "GRACE HARLOWE'S SENIOR YEAR AT HIGH SCHOOL" told
of her third and fourth years in Oakdale High School and of how
completely Grace lived up to the high standard of honor she had set
for herself.

After their graduation from high school the four devoted chums spent
a summer in Europe; then came the inevitable separation. Nora and
Jessica had elected to go to an eastern conservatory of music, while
Anne and Grace had chosen Overton College. Miriam Nesbit, a member
of the Phi Sigma Tau, had also decided for Overton, and what befell
the three friends as Overton College freshmen has been narrated in
"GRACE HARLOWE'S FIRST YEAR AT OVERTON COLLEGE."