Molly Brown's Freshman Days

Judy Kean, closing a book she had been reading and t

ou've been so absorbed in 'The Broad Highway' every spare moment you've had for

good naturedly. "I know I have the novel habit badly. It's because I had no restraint put

e use and write, then?" demanded Nance

to my taste,"

n't you get busy and do something?" exclaimed t

ssion and invested her most earnest speeches with a touch of humor. But she did not reply to Nance's quest

t in blocks: four years at college, two years studying languages in Europe, four years as te

anguages," said Nance wit

known!" cried Judy. "You've commence

r, why am I so ha

unday s

er song suddenly and

r years' course. I've already had a warning. It came this morning. It's because I've been cutting classes. And I have been entirely miserabl

ld. That's what is the matter with you, but you don't know how to work. You have

something I never could do. As soon

o you

my shoes and my finger nails into the palms of my hands an

e an expression of unwonted seriousness, and she was frowning slightly.

re was a kind of blind spot in Molly's brain where money was concerned, little of it as she had possessed in her life. She never could remember exactly how much she had on hand, and change was a meaningless thing to her. And now it was

proposed to make into a grand costume, also she had entertained numbers of friends at various times to sundaes in the village. One of the other of her triple worries was

manded Judy, quick to notice any

." She drew two envelopes from her pocket an

Miss

-morrow night in my rooms to my brother and some friends. I shall expect you to be chief cook, but not bottle-washer. You'll have an assist

th thanks

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divided into apartments, and occupied by eight decidedly well-to-do girls, the richest girls in college, as a matter of fact. It was called "The Milliona

with indignation after Molly

that?" she exclaimed

k insult,"

to a duel," cried Judy; "but being a girl,

, "that I can't believe it's entirely unusual. After sober,

ied Judy, as that young woman herself hu

ie, popping her head in at the door with a smile on her fa

silently about her while

ch a thing?" burst out J

note is expressed, well-rather unfortunately. It has a sort of between-the-lines superiority. But Judith is always like that. You just have to take her as you find her and ignore her faults. You'd better accept, Molly, with

it, I'll accept, like a la

smiling cheerfully and waving her

ow, Judith Blount did get on her nerves. "Now, the oth

he door, drew the other girls into the fa

Miss

et me know whether you intend to wear one of your cerulean shades. The carriage

s fait

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at each other i

s to b

to telling polite fibs in order to extricate herself from a difficulty. But

else asked you y

and I suppose they are just beg

do go with her you are done

he Morris chair and

she hadn't,

ed Judy. "She's trying to keep above the surface by holding

d they are trying to freeze her out. Nobody has anything to do with her, and she's not invited to anything except the big entertainments like this. I can't hel

laimed Judy, whose self-indulgent nature had little

p her a little, don't you think it would be mean to turn her down? Oh,

end, quite an unusual demonstration with her, w

tor me for a month or so? I don't know what the rates are, but we can settle about that later. Nance tells me I must get busy or else take my

lief which instantly appeared on Molly's s

you are awfully busy, and all that, but

m the closet, enveloped herself in a large apron, slipped on a pair of old gloves and went to work to clean and black them. Moll

lowly job she sat down at h

ation to wait at table in the most polite and correct ter

as to Frances Andrews, was

t she was going to begin work-and sat down to cram mathematics,-the very hardest thing