Produced by Roger Frank, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE MADCAP OF 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: "THE GIRLS PUT THEIR UNITED LUNG POWER INTO THE LOUDEST HALLOO OF WHICH THEY WERE CAPABLE" (Page 198)] THE MADCAP OF THE SCHOOL By ANGELA BRAZIL Author of "The Luckiest Girl in the School" "The Jolliest Term on Record" "For the Sake of the School" &c. &c. _Illustrated by Balliol Salmon_ 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