"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman.
The School in the South. Monitress Merle. Loyal to the School. A Fortunate Term. 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.
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"WHAT'S THIS? WHAT HAVE THEY SENT ME?" SHE GASPED_page 199_]
FOR THE SCHOOL COLOURS
by
ANGELA BRAZIL
Author of "A Patriotic Schoolgirl""The Luckiest Girl in the School""The Madcap of the School"&c. &c.
Illustrated by Balliol Salmon
Blackie and Son LimitedLondon Glasgow and Bombay
Printed and bound in Great Britain
Contents
CHAP. Page
I. ENTER AVELYN 9
II. AN INVASION 22
III. WALDEN 37
IV. AN ENCOUNTER 51
V. RUCTIONS 65
VI. REPRISALS 79
VII. MISS HOPKINS 94
VIII. SPRING-HEELED JACK 104
IX. CONCERNS DAY GIRLS 120
X. MISCHIEF 131
XI. MOSS COTTAGE 145
XII. "LADY TRACY'S AT HOME" 158
XIII. REPORTS 168
XIV. WAR WORK 178
XV. THE SCHOOL BIRTHDAY 193
XVI. UNDER THE PINES 204
XVII. THE LAVENDER LADY 214
XVIII. THE LOYAL SCHOOL LEAGUE 227
XIX. THE SURPRISE TREE 240
XX. PAMELA'S SECRET 254
XXI. PAMELA'S NIGHT WALK 266
XXII. THE LECTURE HALL IS DEDICATED 277
Illustrations
Page
"WHAT'S THIS? WHAT HAVE THEY SENT ME?" SHE GASPED _Frontispiece_
"DO YOU KNOW THIS WOOD'S PRIVATE PROPERTY?" HE SHOUTED 56
AVELYN, CROUCHED UNDER THE MANGER, COULD HEAR THE BULLYING TONE IN HIS VOICE 152
AN INTERVIEW WITH MISS THOMPSON 176
AVELYN AND THE LAVENDER LADY 224
WHO COULD SAY HOW MUCH MIGHT DEPEND ON THEIR SPEED? 272