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ITH the arrival of the three men who had seen her at the station, report of her had reached the Delta Alpha fraternity house; and, as she reckoned whenever men first spoke of her, this report was favorable.

"Any of you loafers get a squint at the queen who came in a cab to Fansler's a couple of minutes ago?" Bill Fraser enthusiastically challenged the group lounging before the fire in the living-room.

"No; who was she?" somebody answered for the bunch; and as Bill's tone suggested that it was worth while—or would have been worth while a couple of minutes ago—some of the fellows got up and looked out the window toward Mrs. Fansler's.

"She's just about the greatest looker that I ever saw feeling the need of a college education," Fraser enthused, his vehemence increasing as he warmed himself before the fire.

"Where'd you meet her?"

"Haven't had the luck; just saw her step off train and call a cab. She's up for the new semester, I suppose."

"Where's her home town?"

"Don't know."

"What do you know about her, then? Whence the huge thrill?"