Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Loyal to 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 [Illustration: "IT'S WONDERFULLY GOOD" _Page 151_ _Frontispiece_] Loyal to the School BY ANGELA BRAZIL Author of "Monitress Merle" "A Fortunate Term" "For the School Colours" &c. _Illustrated by H. L. Bacon_ 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. NEW LAMPS 9 II. THE OLDEST PUPIL 22 III. LOTUS BLOOMS 36 IV. AN UPHEAVAL 49 V. LESBIA BURNS HER BOATS 62 VI. LESBIA'S FUTURE 75 VII. THOSE JUNIORS 90 VIII. BEFORE THE CURTAIN 104 IX. GIRLS OF VA 117 X. PILGRIMS' INN CHAMBERS 127 XI. A HOLIDAY GOVERNESS 143 XII. THE BLESSED DAMOZEL 154 XIII. IN LUCK'S WAY 168 XIV. A COUNTRY COTTAGE 184 XV. THE STRIPLING 196 XVI. FRICTION 208 XVII. A HARD TERM 221 XVIII. AN ADVENTURE 237 XIX. ALACK! 248