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  FOR THE SCHOOL COLOURS

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  By ANGELA BRAZIL

  "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

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  "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