ith anything, but that you were interested and
sympathetic."

"My dear child!" Miss Wilder put up a protesting hand.

"It's perfectly true," persisted Grace staunchly. "I am sure I could
never have planned everything so beautifully for Harlowe House if you
hadn't helped me."

"But I had such a wonderful source of inspiration," reminded Miss
Wilder, turning the tide of approbation in Grace's direction.

"I wish I could agree with you," laughed Grace, her color rising. Then
her face grew earnest. "It would make me very happy if I thought that,
as the head of Harlowe House, I could inspire my girls to love Overton
as deeply and truly as I do. I don't intend to preach to them or to
moralize, but I do wish them to gain real college spirit. If they strive
to cultivate that, it will mean more to them than all the talks and
lectures one could give them. Don't you think so?"

"I do, indeed," agreed Miss Wilder warmly.

"Of course," went on Grace thoughtfully, "there is the possibility that
some of these girls may fail in their entrance examinations. Undoubtedly
they will have to take them, for no girl who applies for admission to
Harlowe House will have come from a preparatory school. Naturally, they
will all be high school graduates. Some of them will have scholarships
and some will not. It is going to be more or less of a struggle for
those who have none to earn their college fees--that is, if they haven't
saved the money for them beforehand. I am reasonably certain that poor
little Mary Reynolds hasn't a penny of her own, other than the ten
dollars she has saved. But if she passes her examinations she can borrow
the money for her college fees from Semper Fidelis. Then, too, there is
the subject of rules and regulations to be considered."

"A very important subject," interposed Miss Wilder. "The success of
Harlowe House will depend upon its rules and their absolute
enforcement."

"Don't you think it would be a nice idea to draw up a little
constitution and by-laws as they do in clubs. It would not cost very
much to have a certain number of copies of them printed, and a copy
placed in each girl's room. Oh, Miss Wilder, wouldn't it be splendid if
we could form the girls of Harlowe House into a social club. It would
bring them in touch with one another, teach them to be self-governing,
and do an endless amount of good." Grace finished with sudden
inspiration.

For a moment Miss Wilder did not answer. She was evidently