MARJORIE DEAN
High School Junior
By PAULINE LESTER
AUTHOR OF
“Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman”
“Marjorie Dean, High School Sophomore”
“Marjorie Dean, High School Senior”
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers—New York
Copyright, 1917
By A. L. Burt Company
MARJORIE DEAN, HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR
MARJORIE DEAN,
HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR
3CHAPTER I—MARJORIE DECLARES HERSELF
“Only to think, next week, at this time, I’ll besaying good-bye to you, Mary Raymond.” MarjorieDean’s brown eyes rested very wistfully on thesunny-haired girl beside her in the big porch swing.
“You know now, just how dreadfully I felt twoyears ago when I had to keep thinking about sayinggood-bye to you,” returned Mary in the same wistfulintonation. “It was terrible. And after youhad gone! Well—it was a good deal worse. Oh,Marjorie, I wish I could live this last year overagain. If only——”
Marjorie laid light fingers on Mary’s lips. “Youmustn’t speak of some things, Lieutenant,” she saidquickly. “If you do I won’t listen. Forget everythingexcept the wonderful summer we’ve had together.”
Mary caught the soft little hand in both hers. “It4has been wonderful,” she agreed rather unsteadily.“I’ll have the memory of it to treasure when I’maway off in Colorado. I can’t believe that I amreally going so far away from you. I hope I’ll likethe West. Next summer you must come out thereand visit me, Marjorie. By that time I’ll be a littlebit at home in such a strange, new country.”
“I’d love to do that,” responded Marjorie withan eagerness that merged almost immediately againinto regretful reflection.
A sad little silence fell upon the two in the porchswing. Each young heart was heavy with dread ofthe coming separation. This was the second timein two years that the call to say farewell had soundedfor Marjorie Dean and Mary Raymond.
Those who have followed Marjorie Dean throughher freshman and sophomore years at high schoolare already familiar with the details of Mary’s andMarjorie’s first separation. In “Marjorie Dean,High School Freshman,” was recorded the storyof the way in which Marjorie