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  THE MADCAP OF THE SCHOOL

  BLACKIE & SON LIMITED

  50 Old Bailey, LONDON

  17 Stanhope Street, GLASGOW

  BLACKIE & SON (INDIA) LIMITED

  Warwick House, Fort Street, BOMBAY

  BLACKIE & SON (CANADA) LIMITED

  1118 Bay Street, TORONTO

  "THE GIRLS PUT THEIR UNITED LUNG POWER INTO THE LOUDESTHALLOO OF WHICH THEY WERE CAPABLE" (Page 198)]

  THE

  MADCAP OF THE SCHOOL

  By

  ANGELA BRAZIL

  Author of "The Luckiest Girl in the School" "The Jolliest Term on Record" "For the Sake of the School" &c. &c.

  _Illustrated by Balliol Salmon_

  BLACKIE & SON LIMITED

  London and Glasgow

  By Angela Brazil

  My Own Schooldays.

  Ruth of St. Ronan's. Joan's Best Chum. Captain Peggie. Schoolgirl Kitty. 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 Form at Miss Kaye's. The Fortunes of Philippa.

  _Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd. Glasgow_

  CONTENTS

  Chap. Page I. The Moated Grange 9 II. The Mystic Seven 21 III. The Limberlost 38 IV. Raymonde Explores 51 V. Fifth-Form Tactics 59 VI. A Midnight Scare 67 VII. The Crystal Gazers 78 VIII. The Beano 91 IX. A Week on the Land 107 X. The Campers 115 XI. Canteen Assistants 124 XII. Amateur Detectives 137 XIII. Camp Hospitality 153 XIV. Concerns Cynthia 165 XV. On the River 173 XVI. Marooned 188 XVII. The Fossil Hunters 202 XVIII. Mademoiselle 216 XIX. A Mysterious Happening 227 XX. The Coon Concert 238 XXI. The Blinded Soldiers' Fund 253 XXII. An Accusation 264 XXIII. A Mystery Unravelled 275

  ILLUSTRATIONS

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  "The girls put their united lung power into the loudest halloo of which they were capable" Frontispiece

  "The passage was very dark, but Morvyth had brought her electric torch" 80

  "Raymonde drew a long breath of intense relief, and peeped out" 152

  "'Gracious, girl! Turn off the waterworks!'" 176

  "Fauvette in particular looked ravishingly pretty" 184

  "The door opened with a forcible jerk, and a stranger entered" 280