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The Jolliest Term on Record
BY ANGELA BRAZIL
"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.
A Popular Schoolgirl. The Princess of the School. A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl. The Head Girl at the Gables. A Patriotic Schoolgirl. For the School Colours. The Madcap of the School. The Luckiest Girl in the School. The Jolliest Term on Record. The Girls of St. Cyprian's. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth. The New Girl at St. Chad's. For the Sake of the School. The School by the Sea. The Leader of the Lower School. A Pair of Schoolgirls. A Fourth Form Friendship. The Manor House School. The Nicest Girl in the School. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's. The Fortunes of Philippa.
LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.
"LEFT ALONE, THE TWO GIRLS WERE NOT SLOW IN DISCUSSINGTHE WONDERFUL NEWS"]
The Jolliest Term on Record
A Story of School Life
BY
ANGELA BRAZIL
Author of "For the Sake of the School" "The Girls of St. Cyprian's" "The School by the Sea" &c. &c.
_Illustrated by Balliol Salmon_
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
Contents
CHAP. Page
I. THE NEW SCHOOL 9
II. A SCRAPE 23
III. SHAKING DOWN 36
IV. THE SCHOOL MASCOT 50
V. LILAC GRANGE 64
VI. AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT 78
VII. THE MAD HATTERS 93
VIII. AN ADVENTURE 108
IX. THE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP 122
X. AN ANTIQUE PURCHASE 136
XI. WATERLOO DAY 148
XII. KATRINE'S AMBITION 162
XIII. GITHA'S SECRET 175
XIV. A MIDNIGHT ALARM 189
XV. AMATEUR ARTISTS 202
XVI. CONCERNS A LETTER 215
XVII. THE WISHING WELL 226
XVIII. A DISCOVERY 236
XIX. AN ACCIDENT 246
XX. BOB GARTLEY EXPLAINS 257
XXI. THE SPORTS 268
XXII. THE OLD OAK CUPBOARD 279
Illustrations
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"LEFT ALONE, THE TWO GIRLS WERE NOT SLOW IN DISCUSSING THE WONDERFUL NEWS" _Frontispiece_ 14
"'THE GOOSE GIRL, BY ALL THAT'S WONDERFUL!' WHISPERED GWETHYN" 28
"GWETHYN TORE OFF THE SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. SHE SAW AT ONCE WHAT HAD HAPPENED" 102
"THE UNPLEASANT TRUTH WAS HOPELESSLY PLAIN--THEY WERE PRISONERS IN THE EMPTY HOUSE" 118
"'I BELIEVE I'VE BROKEN MY LEG', HE MOANED" 248
"'THIS CONCERNS US VERY MUCH, GITHA. IT'S YOUR GRANDFATHER'S LAST WILL'" 284