CHRISTMAS PLANS The month of December seemed interminably long to Grace Harlowe.

Since her visit to the Southards the longing to be at home remained with her.
She hung a little calendar at the head of her bed and every night marked off one day with an air of triumph.

During the three weeks that followed their trip to New York, Overton had not been the most congenial spot in the world for Grace or Anne.

19---- was a very large class, and considered itself extremely democratic; nevertheless, the story of Anne's theatrical career was bandied about among the freshmen and passed on to the sophomores, until the truth of it was lost in the haze of fiction that surrounded it.
A certain percentage of the class who knew Everett Southard's standing in the theatrical world and understood that Anne must have the highest ability to be able to play in his company treated the young girl with the deference due an artist.

Then there were a number of young women who, though fond of attending the theatre, looked askance at the clever men and women whose business it was to amuse them.