MRS.

GRAY ENGAGES A SECRETARY Grace and her two friends, Jessica and Nora, were also invited to Mrs.
Gray's luncheon the next day, after church.

Grace had often taken meals in the beautiful house on Chapel Hill, but the other girls had never been privileged to do more than sit in the large, shady parlors while their mothers paid an afternoon call.
It was with some excitement, therefore, that the three girls met in front of the Catholic Church, of which Nora was a member, and strolled up the broad street together.

As they passed the little Episcopal Chapel, which had given the hill its name, Anne Pierson joined them.

She looked grave and excited, and there was a feverish glow in her eyes.
"Anne, my child," exclaimed Grace, who always seemed much older than the others, "how late do you study at night?
I believe you are working too hard.