Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net The Jolliest Term on Record BY ANGELA BRAZIL "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--Bookman. 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. [Illustration: "LEFT ALONE, THE TWO GIRLS WERE NOT SLOW IN DISCUSSING THE WONDERFUL NEWS"] The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life BY ANGELA BRAZIL Author of "For the Sake of the School" "The Girls of St. Cyprian's" "The School by the Sea" &c. &c. _Illustrated by Balliol Salmon_ BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY Contents CHAP. Page I. THE NEW SCHOOL 9 II. A SCRAPE 23 III. SHAKING DOWN 36 IV. THE SCHOOL MASCOT 50 V. LILAC GRANGE 64 VI. AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT 78 VII. THE MAD HATTERS 93 VIII. AN ADVENTURE 108 IX. THE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP 122 X. AN ANTIQUE PURCHASE 136 XI. WATERLOO DAY 148 XII. KATRINE'S AMBITION 162 XIII. GITHA'S SECRET 175 XIV. A MIDNIGHT ALARM 189 XV. AMATEUR ARTISTS 202 XVI. CONCERNS A LETTER 215 XVII. THE WISHING WELL 226 XVIII. A DISCOVERY 236 XIX. AN ACCIDENT 246 XX. BOB GARTLEY EXPLAINS 257 XXI. THE SPORTS 268 XXII. THE OLD OAK CUPBOARD 279 Illustrations