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A Hoosier Chronicle

A Hoosier Chronicle

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APRIL VISTAS 460 XXVII. HEAT LIGHTNING 474 XXVIII. A CHEERFUL BRINGER OF BAD TIDINGS 497 XXIX. A SONG AND A FALLING STAR 511 XXX. THE KING HATH SUMMONED HIS PARLIAMENT 534 XXXI. SYLVIA ASKS QUESTIONS 542 XXXII. "MY BEAUTIFUL ONE" 560 XXXIII. THE MAN OF SHADOWS 570 XXXIV. WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING 591   A POSTSCRIPT BY THE CHRONICLER 602

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A HOOSIER CHRONICLE


CHAPTER I

MY LADY OF THE CONSTELLATIONS

Sylvia was reading in her grandfather's library when the bell tinkled. Professor Kelton had few callers, and as there was never any certainty that the maid-of-all-work would trouble herself to answer, Sylvia put down her book and went to the door. Very likely it was a student or a member of the faculty, and as her grandfather was not at home Sylvia was quite sure that the interruption would be the briefest.

The Kelton cottage stood just off the campus, and was separated from it by a narrow street that curved round the college and stole, after many twists and turns, into town. This thoroughfare was called "Buckeye Lane," or more commonly the "Lane." The college had been planted literally in the wilderness by its founders, at a time when Montgomery, for all its dignity as the seat of the

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