ould find no better way of rousing
his interest in Eleanor. Her love of the violin is a direct inheritance
from him, and she may reach his heart through her music. At any rate, it
is worth trying."

After Miss Nevin's departure Anne and Grace entertained Mrs. Gray with
the promised gossip, and it was well toward ten o'clock before they
turned their steps toward home.

The following week was a busy one. Every spare moment outside school the
senior class zealously devoted to the concert. The High School Glee Club
was to sing, and the mandolin and guitar club was to give two numbers.
Nora O'Malley was to sing two songs from a late musical success, and
Jessica and Miriam were to play a duet. James Gardiner, who was
extremely proficient on the violincello, was down for a solo, while
Eleanor was to play twice. The crowning feature of the concert, however,
was to be contributed by Anne and Eleanor. Anne was to recite Tennyson's
"Enoch Arden," and Eleanor was to accompany her on the piano with the
music that she had arranged for it.

The two girls had worked incessantly upon it, rehearsing almost every
day. Grace was the only one who had been permitted to hear a rehearsal
of it, and she was enraptured with what she heard.

The boys had all arrived, and the Phi Sigma Tau divided their time
equally between concert rehearsals and social gatherings. David's
friend, Donald Earle, was ably living up to his college reputation, and
proved himself a source of unmitigated pleasure to the young people
among whom he was thrown. It was soon discovered, however, that he was
oftenest found in Eleanor's wake, and his eyes showed honest admiration
for the beautiful girl every time he looked at her.

Hippy, who had established a reputation as a singer of humorous songs,
was asked for his services.

"I have a number of new and choice ditties that I will render with
pleasure, providing I am afterwards fed," he shrewdly declared, when
interviewed on the subject.

"It will all depend upon how well you sing," stipulated Nora.

"Then I shan't warble at all," announced Hippy. "I am a man of few
words, but when I say I must have food for my services as a soloist, I
mean it. There must be no uncertainty. Do I feed or do I not?"

"You feed," laughed Nora.

The concert was to be held in Assembly Hall, and three days before every
ticket issued had been sold. People who could not attend bought tickets
and handed them back to be sold over again. T