ing Hamilton station with its bevy of laughing, chatting girls,
not one of whom they knew. Then they had been entering freshmen, with
everything to learn about college. Now they were sophomores, with a year
of college experience to their credit. What befell Marjorie Dean and her
four Lookout chums as freshmen at Hamilton College has already been
recounted in "Marjorie Dean, College Freshman."

"Hooray!" rejoiced Jerry, from the top step of the train, waving her
handbag, a magazine and a tennis racket, all of which she clutched in
her right hand. This vociferous greeting was for Helen, who was making
equally vociferous signals of jubilation at the descending travelers.

Marjorie had also caught sight of Leila Harper and Vera Mason, and was
waving them a welcome. Lucy's eyes were fixed on Katherine Langly, whom
she knew had come down to the station especially to meet her. Veronica
and Muriel were exchanging gay hand salutations with a group of
Silverton Hall girls prior to greeting them on the platform. An instant
and the Five Travelers were free of the train and surrounded.

"And is it yourself?" Leila Harper was hugging Marjorie in an excess of
true Irish affection. "Vera had a hunch this morning that you would be
here today. I said it was too early; that you wouldn't be here until the
first of next week. She would have it her way, so we drove down to meet
this train. Now I know she has the gifted eye and the seeing mind, as we
Irish say."

"It is a good thing for us that she had that hunch," declared Marjorie,
turning to Vera and holding out both hands. "I was hoping you would both
be here to meet us. I would have wired you, Leila, but was not sure that
you would be back at Hamilton so early. We are here a week earlier than
last year. We wanted to be at home as long as we could, but we felt
that, as sophomores, we ought to come back earlier to help the freshies.
We had such a lonesome time on our freshman appearance at Hamilton, you
know."

"Yes, I know," returned Leila significantly. "That was one of the Sans'
performances which was never explained. Away with them. This is no time
to think of them. The rest of your Lookouts are running off and leaving
you, Beauty." This last had been Leila's pet name for Marjorie since the
latter had won the title at a beauty contest given the previous year at
the freshman frolic.

"They'd better not run far. I am going to take you all back to college
in my car," Vera hospitably