footsteps behind her, and,
turning her head to see who was following her, stopped short,
exclaiming, "I might have known that you would be the first to go to
her, Patience!"

"That is just what I was thinking of you," smiled Patience. "But you
must go first. Wasn't it the most astounding announcement you ever
heard. I am not surprised at her winning the honor pin. It is her change
of heart that astonishes me. I realized that she had improved, but I
never heard of anything like this. I suspect Elfreda Briggs knows more
about this miracle than she will admit. I overheard her talking to
Kathleen one night. I didn't mean to listen. I was just about to enter
the room when I heard something Elfreda said and hurried off as fast as
I could go."

"I think Elfreda had a hand in it, too," said Grace, with shining eyes.
"What a glorious success she has made of her four years. Now, one of us
must go to Kathleen."

"You go," insisted Patience. "I'll drop in later."

Grace went into the house and upstairs, hardly knowing what to do or
say. She knocked gently on Kathleen's door, then at sound of a muffled
"Come," turned the knob and stepped inside. Kathleen had thrown herself
face downward upon her couch, her face buried in the cushions. Without
raising her head, she faltered, "Is it you, Grace?"

"Yes," answered Grace softly, as she approached the couch on which
Kathleen lay.

"I knew you would come--you and Patience."

"Patience is downstairs," returned Grace. "She will be here soon."

Kathleen raised herself to a sitting posture. Her eyes were very bright.
There was no sign of tears in them. "Grace, can you ever forgive me for
all the trouble I have caused you?" she asked solemnly.

"Of course I can, Kathleen," replied Grace, slipping down on the couch
beside Kathleen and placing her arm about the slender shoulders of the
newspaper girl. "You are not the only one at fault. I blame myself for a
great many things that happened. If we had only known that you wished to
be in the circus. We never thought of slighting you, Kathleen."

"I know it now," rejoined Kathleen sadly, "but I was furious with you at
the time. Then, too, I had made up my mind not to like you. I thought
you priggish and narrow-minded. I didn't understand college in the
least. I was ready to ride over every Overton tradition for the sake of
having my own way. Patience was the first to show me where I stood, and
I tried to see matters from her standpoint. T