She was in the town of Overton last commencement and heard about it.

I told them I would go in spite of them, so they locked me in my room, but I climbed out the window and into a big tree, one of its branches was quite near the window, and then slid to the ground." "How old are you, Miss Reynolds ?" asked Kathleen West with apparent irrelevance.
"I was eighteen last week." "Then you needn't worry about your uncle.

You are of age and can do as you please." "Do you mean that he can't make me leave here ?" Mary Reynolds' eyes were wide with surprise and sudden hope.
"Of course he can't," reassured Kathleen.

"Girls, I'm going to adopt Mary Reynolds as my especial charge and help her fight her battles in the Land of College.

Mary, will you let me adopt you ?" Mary regarded Kathleen with shy admiration.