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 were in front of every house; and on the lawns, or in the street, boys were throwing baseballs; motorcars were loafing by with windows down or with side curtains off; and girls and boys were idling along the walks.

Alice could see "twos" strolling, some toward the lake, some up Orrington Avenue toward the campus, some toward the town—toward the booths and tables of "Theo's," where the doors would be standing open to-day and where every chair would be filled and there would be the clatter of students, four at a table, treating and being treated to sodas and sundaes.

The thought of "Theo's" brought to Alice an especial association with Dave; it was where he first had "treated" her back in timid, freshman days. But oh, every place about the college held especial association for David and her.

She heard the quick, cheery cadenza of the Tau Gamma whistle which announced that a boy on the street was hailing a Tau Gamma and probably wanted her to walk with him. Alice sat up and saw Myra's small, alert figure hurrying toward Willard; and the Tau Gamma whistle sounded again with more of a demand in its invitation. Alice saw Myra wait; then she saw Lan.

Alice lay down. David used to hail her like that; but he had not this week. He used to herald his coming to her house by the Tau Gamma whistle, which she had taught him long ago. This week, he had become so quiet and formal and he had avoided being alone with her.

A maid knocked and brought in a florist's box which