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  A Pair of Schoolgirls

  By ANGELA BRAZIL

  "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--=Bookman.=

  My Own Schooldays.

  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 Class at Miss Kaye's. The Fortunes of Philippa.

  LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.

  "'YOU'RE THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE!' DECLARED ALISON"]

  A Pair of Schoolgirls

  A Story of School Days

  BY

  ANGELA BRAZIL

  Author of "The New Girl at St. Chad's" "A Fourth Form Friendship" "The Manor House School" &c.

  _ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN CAMPBELL_

  BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED

  LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

  _Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow_

  Contents

  CHAP. Page

  I. A SCHOOL ELECTION 9

  II. WHAT DOROTHY OVERHEARD 24

  III. A RETROSPECT 39

  IV. DOROTHY MAKES A FRIEND 55

  V. A LITERATURE EXERCISE 68

  VI. A PROMISE 84

  VII. ALISON'S HOME 101

  VIII. A SHORT CUT 120

  IX. DOROTHY SCORES 132

  X. MARTHA REMEMBERS 151

  XI. ALISON'S UNCLE 169

  XII. THE SUBTERRANEAN CAVERN 181

  XIII. A SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY 199

  XIV. WATER PLANTAIN 216

  XV. A CONFESSION 229

  XVI. THE WILLIAM SCOTT PRIZE 244

  Illustrations

  PAGE

  "'YOU'RE THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE!' DECLARED ALISON" 110 _Frontispiece_

  THE NEW GIRL 56

  IN DISCREET HIDING 124

  A LESSON IN GOLF 178

  A NURSING EXPERIENCE 212