Produced by Darleen Dove, Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS BOOKS BY AMANDA M. DOUGLAS THE HELEN GRANT BOOKS ILLUSTRATED HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS $1.25 HELEN GRANT'S FRIENDS 1.25 HELEN GRANT AT ALDRED HOUSE 1.25 HELEN GRANT IN COLLEGE 1.25 HELEN GRANT, SENIOR 1.25 HELEN GRANT, GRADUATE 1.25 HELEN GRANT, TEACHER 1.25 HELEN GRANT'S DECISION 1.25 HELEN GRANT'S HARVEST YEAR 1.25 ALMOST AS GOOD AS A BOY. Illustrated by BERTHA G. DAVIDSON 1.25 HEROES OF THE CRUSADES. Fifty full-page Illustrations from GUSTAVE DORÉ 1.50 LARRY (The $2000 PRIZE STORY) 1.00 THE KATHIE STORIES. Six Volumes. Illustrated. Per volume 1.00 THE DOUGLAS NOVELS. Twenty-four Volumes. Per vol. 1.00 LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. BOSTON [Illustration: Helen tells her dreams to the old apple tree. (_Frontispiece._) _Page 6._] HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS BY AMANDA M. DOUGLAS Author of "In the King's Country," "In Trust," "Larry," "The Kathie Stories," "Almost as Good as a Boy," etc. _ILLUSTRATED BY AMY BROOKS_ [Illustration] BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Published, August, 1903 COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY LEE AND SHEPARD _All rights reserved_ HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO. Norwood, Mass. U.S.A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. HELEN, 1 II. AN EXCURSION TO HOPE, 20 III. AIR CASTLES WITH FOUNDATIONS, 41 IV. PLANTING OF SMALL SEEDS, 65 V. A GIRL'S DREAMS, 87 VI. HOW THEY ALL PLANNED, 106 VII. SUCCESSFUL, 127 VIII. MRS. VANDORN'S WINNING HAND, 148 IX. DIFFERENT STANDPOINTS, 169 X. BEGINNING ANEW, 196 XI. SCHOOL IN EARNEST, 218 XII. THE COURAGE OF CONVICTIONS, 238 XIII. A LITTLE SEED SOWN, 263 XIV. AND THORNS SPRANG UP, 284