tudies. You see I know
all about my girls."

"You didn't know," went on Molly, "that the Jubilee entertainment was
all Judy's idea. She gave it to Adele Windsor--I don't know why--just
because she was in one of her obstinate moods, but I heard her plan out
the whole thing the opening night of college--and it was all for the
glory of Wellington."

The President's face softened.

"Molly," she said, as if she had always called the young girl by her
first name, "do you wish very much to save your friend?"

"Oh, I do, I do. I can't think of any sacrifice I wouldn't make to keep
Judy from being----" she paused and lowered her eyes. Was Miss Walker
thinking of expelling Judy? But Miss Walker was not that kind of a
manager. She often treated her erring girls very much as a doctor treats
his patients with a few doses of very nasty but efficacious medicine.

"What is your opinion of what had best be done, then? You know her
better than I do. What do you advise?"

Molly was amazed.

"Me? You ask my advice?" she asked.

The President nodded briskly.

"Well, the best way to bring Judy to her senses is to give her a good
scare and let it come out all right in the end."

The President smiled.

"You're one of the wisest of my girls," she said, "now, run along. If
I've made you miss a lecture I'm sorry."

"It _will_ come out all right in the end, Miss Walker?" asked Molly,
turning as she reached the door.

"I promise," answered the other, smiling again as if the question
pleased her.

And so Molly escaped from the grill feeling really very happy, certainly
much happier than when she entered the office.

Late that evening while Molly and Nance were preparing to take a walk
before supper, Judy rushed into the room. There was not a ray of color
in her face and her hair stood out all over her head as if it had been
charged with electricity.

"Oh, Molly, Molly," she cried, "did you know the President had overheard
everything that was said last night? She was at the foot of the ladder
all the time. You are not implicated, I saw to that, and I've not told
where I got the ladder. I simply said some one had given it to me. No
one is in it but me. But I'm in it deep. Girls, I've lost out. It's all
over. I've got to go. Oh, heavens, what a fool I've been."

Judy flung herself on the divan and buried her face in the pillows.

For a moment Molly almost lost faith in the President's promise.

"What do you mean when you say yo