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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

  THE JOLLIEST TERM ON RECORD