til the final fall of the curtain she became
and was "Rosalind."

Thrilling with pride as she eagerly watched Anne's triumph, Grace was in
a maze of delight, and every round of applause that Anne received was as
music to her ears. David, too, was more deeply moved than he liked to
admit even to himself. In his own heart he had a distinct fear that in
spite of her assertions to the contrary, Anne might after all yield to
the call of her talent and seek a stage career. During the evening he
became so unusually grave and silent that Grace, having an inkling of
what was passing in his mind, leaned over and said:

"Don't worry, David, she won't. I am sure of it. Her mind is fixed upon
college."

David drew a long breath of almost relief. "I believe it if you say so,
Grace; it has worried me a lot, however. She is such a wonderful little
actress."

"Nevertheless, take my word for it, she won't," was the assuring answer.

After the play was over, the visit behind the scenes being next on the
programme, Mrs. Gibson and her charges were conducted through a long
passage to the back of the house. The boys were taken to Mr. Southard's
dressing room, and Mrs. Gibson and the five girls to Anne's.

There were many exclamations over the cosy dressing room which Anne
occupied. As is the case in most of the recently built theatres, the
star's dressing room had been comfortably furnished and was in direct
comparison to the cheerless, barn-like rooms that make life on the road
a terror to professional people.

"You see, I have had you right with me," smiled Anne, who was seated at
a dressing table taking off her make-up with cold cream. She pointed to
a photograph that the Phi Sigma Tau had had taken the previous summer.

"Only one face missing to-night," said Grace in low tones as she drew
her chair close to Anne's.

"Have you found out anything else?" asked Anne in the same guarded
tones.

"Nothing very important," replied Grace. "Marian and Henry Hammond have
had some sort of quarrel. Nora saw them pass the other day without
speaking."

"That's a step in the right direction", said Anne. "Once she has dropped
him for good and all, she'll begin to see her own folly. Then she'll
come back and be her old self again."

"I hope so," sighed Grace.

Then the conversation became general and the two girls had no further
opportunity for discussion of the subject.

Just as Anne had completed her dressing, a knock sounded on the do