s soon as I had told her, she changed entirely. She
told me last Friday that she had been watching for a long time in the
hope of revenging herself upon the Phi Sigma Tau for their insults, and
that at last she had the means to do so.

"Her friendship for me was merely a pretense. She said that when I
separated from my sorority she knew I was sure to do something foolish,
so she decided to make advances to me and see what she could find out.

"She is going to call a class meeting for next Thursday after school,
and she is going to expose me. She says that it is right that the class
should know just what sort of material the Phi Sigma Tau is made up of,
and that one of its members is a sneak and a thief."

"This is serious, and no mistake," replied Grace soberly. "Don't you
remember, Marian, that back in our junior year, when Eleanor tried to
get Anne's part in the play, I cautioned the girls to never put
themselves in a position where Eleanor might injure them."

"Yes, I remember, now," Marian faltered, "but it is too late."

"I might try to checkmate her at her own game by threatening to tell the
story of the missing costumes," reflected Grace aloud. "I'll try it at
any rate. But even if we do succeed in silencing Eleanor, where are we
to get the money to pay back the class fund? We can't arrest that
miserable Henry Hammond without making the affair public, and this
simply must remain a private matter. It is the hardest problem that I
have ever been called upon to contend with.

"You must brace up, Marian, and go back to school to-morrow," directed
Grace. "If you keep on this way it will serve to create suspicion. You
have done a very foolish and really criminal act, but your own remorse
has punished you severely enough. None of us are infallible. The thing
to do now, is to find a way to make up this money."

Marian wiped her eyes, and, leaving the lounge, walked over to Grace,
and, putting her arms about Grace's neck, said, with agonized
earnestness:

"Grace, can you and the girls ever forgive me for being so hateful?"

"Why, of course, we can. There is nothing to forgive. We have never
stopped thinking of you as a member of our sorority. We wouldn't ask any
one else to take your place."

An expression of intense relief shone in Marian's face.

"I am so glad," she said. "I can't help being happy, even with this
cloud hanging over me."

"Cheer up, Marian," said Grace hopefully. "I have an idea that I shall