Produced by Delphine Lettau, Suzanne Shell, lbh and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE GIRLS OF ST. OLAVE'S The Girls of St. Olave's BY MABEL MACKINTOSH AUTHOR OF "_The Doings of Denys._" John F. Shaw & Co., Ltd., 3, Pilgrim Street, London, E.C. [Illustration: "In the centre of the group was a little figure in a short, black kilted frock."--_Page 247._] CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. AS GOOD AS GONE 7 II. LOVE AND MONEY 14 III. A GREAT BIG SHAME 23 IV. A SMALL WORLD 33 V. A WILD-GOOSE CHASE 40 VI. A TICKET FOR ONE 50 VII. HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS 58 VIII. IN FEAR 67 IX. BROTHERS-IN-LAW 80 X. A MEAN THING 89 XI. WITH A PURPOSE 98 XII. MASTER AND MAN 107 XIII. BEARDING THE LION 118 XIV. AN UNWELCOME GUEST 129 XV. THE LAST HOPE 140 XVI. LINKS IN A CHAIN 150 XVII. MEETING AND PARTING 161 XVIII. A BASE TRICK 174 XIX. A SUCCESSFUL RAID 183 XX. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND 194 XXI. THE HIDING-PLACE 203 XXII. OUT OF THE NORTH 217 XXIII. THE MEETING OF THE WAYS 224 XXIV. THE SUN SHINES OUT 239 CHAPTER I. AS GOOD AS GONE. "You won't be any more use to us after this," said Gertrude positively. A quick flush coloured Denys's cheek. "Oh, Gertrude! why not?" "Engaged girls never are the least use to their families," reiterated Gertrude. "All they think about is the postman and their bottom drawer. The family goes to the wall, its interests are no longer of interest, its sewing is no longer necessary, its duties----" But Denys's good-tempered laugh rippled out and interrupted the flow of eloquence. "Really, Gertrude! you are too funny!"