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Molly Brown's Senior Days By: Nell Speed (1878-1913) |
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MOLLY BROWN'S
SENIOR DAYS BY
NELL SPEED AUTHOR OF "MOLLY BROWN'S FRESHMAN DAYS," "MOLLY BROWN'S
SOPHOMORE DAYS," "MOLLY BROWN'S JUNIOR DAYS," ETC., ETC.
WITH FOUR HALF TONE ILLUSTRATIONS
BY CHARLES L. WRENN NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1913
BY
HURST & COMPANY
CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. GOOD NEWS AND BAD 5 II. A TROUBLED SUNDAY 20 III. GOSSIP OVER THE TEACUPS 38 IV. THE SENIOR RAMBLE 51 V. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL 66 VI. THE RETORT COURTEOUS 77 VII. A STOLEN VISIT 89 VIII. BARBED ARROWS 104 IX. THE SUBSTITUTE 114 X. THE POLITE FREEZE OUT 126 XI. THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE 138 XII. FRIENDLY RIVALS 152 XIII. THE DROP OF POISON 164 XIV. JUDY DEFIANT 180 XV. THE CAMPUS GHOST 195 XVI. ON THE GRILL 208 XVII. A CHRISTMAS EVE MISUNDERSTANDING 220 XVIII. TWO CHRISTMAS BREAKFASTS 236 XIX. FACING THE ENEMY 251 XX. THE JUBILEE 267 XXI. FAREWELLS 277 XXII. THE FINAL DAYS 289
ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "You're Right in the Fashion, Miss Brown," observed
Adele Frontispiece Before She Had Time to Realize the Danger, Jimmy
Lufton Had Torn Off His Coat 132 Molly Glanced Back. Sure Enough, the Phantom ... was
Running Behind Them 198 Good bye to Wellington and the Old Happy Days 303
~Molly Brown's Senior Days~ CHAPTER I. GOOD NEWS AND BAD.
Summer still lingered in the land when Wellington College opened her
gates one morning in September. Frequent heavy rains had freshened the
thirsty fields and meadows, and autumn had not yet touched the foliage
with scarlet and gold. The breeze that fluttered the curtains at the
windows of No. 5 Quadrangle was as soft and humid as a breath of May. It
was as if spring was in the air and the note of things awakening,
pushing up through the damp earth to catch the warm rays of the sun. It
was Nature's last effort before she entered into her long sleep. Molly Brown, standing by the open window, gazed thoughtfully across the
campus. Snatches of song and laughter, fragments of conversation and
the tinkle of the mandolin floated up to her from the darkness. It was
like an oft told but ever delightful story to her now. "Shall I ever be glad to leave it all?" she asked herself. "Wellington
and the girls and the hard work and the play?" How were they to bear parting, the old crowd, after four years of
intimate association? Did Judy love it as she did, or would she not
rather feel like a bird loosed from a cage when at last the gates were
opened and she could fly away. But Molly felt sure that Nance would feel
the pangs of homesickness for Wellington when the good old days were
over. All these half melancholy thoughts crowded through Molly's mind while
Judy thrummed the guitar and Nance, busy soul, arranged the books on the
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