A HARUM-SCARUM SCHOOLGIRL
[Illustration: "COULD YOU DO ME A KINDNESS, MISS?" SHE ASKED _Page 252_]
A HARUM-SCARUM SCHOOLGIRL
BY
ANGELA BRAZIL
_Illustrated by John Campbell_
NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS
_Copyright, 1920, by_
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
_All rights reserved_
Contents
CHAP. Page
I. A PIXIE GIRL 9
II. STARS AND STRIPES 23
III. A PENNILESS PRINCESS 39
IV. THE RUSH-BEARING 51
V. DIANA DARES 65
VI. FRENCH LEAVE 77
VII. LAND GIRLS 91
VIII. ARMISTICE DAY 108
IX. DIANA'S ENGLISH CHRISTMAS 128
X. A FIT OF THE BLUES 141
XI. DIANA TO THE RESCUE 153
XII. DIANA BREAKS OUT 167
XIII. CRUSOE ISLAND 178
XIV. SPOOKS 195
XV. JOY-RIDING 207
XVI. A FAMILY CREST 219
XVII. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER 235
XVIII. DIANA'S FOUNDLING 247
XIX. AMBITIONS 259
XX. A TANGLED PLOT 271
Illustrations
Page
"COULD YOU DO ME A KINDNESS, MISS?" SHE ASKED _Frontispiece_
"O-O-O-OH! HOW GORGEOUS TO BELONG TO A HIGH-FALUTING FAMILY THAT'S GOT LEGENDS AND GHOSTS!" 48
TWO PAIRS OF BARE FEET WENT SPLASHING JOYOUSLY INTO THE BROOK 72
WE SET OFF AND RODE ALL THE MORNING 144
ITS COWL FELL BACK, AND DISCLOSED A WELL-KNOWN AND DECIDEDLY MIRTHFUL COUNTENANCE 200
DIANA CALLED AND SHOUTED TO THEM. THEY TOOK NO NOTICE 240
A HARUM-SCARUM SCHOOLGIRL
CHAPTER I
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: A harum-scarum schoolgirl by Angela Brazil
- 2: Toddlekins has taken the whole thing over
- 3: Two years before she had been Miss Housman
- 4: Ten minutes later Lennie Browne
- 5: She asked in a low creaking voice
- 6: I'm called Miranda Jane Judkins
- 7: I guess I'm a pixie sort of girl
- 8: Loveday passed along the landing
- 9: Are these drawers all I've got
- 10: Won't your cousins from Petteridge ever come over to see you
- 11: Demanded Magsie in an injured voice
- 12: Elihu Burritt of Petteridge Court
- 13: They arrived in their Daimler car
- 14: Loveday is turned out of Paradise
- 15: She had admired Loveday before
- 16: Loveday was plaiting her flaxen hair into two long braids
- 17: Say I've been over at Pendlemere Abbey
- 18: Rambles were considered special treats at Pendlemere
- 19: Wendy mounted each stile in turn
- 20: The girls crowded round the cromlech curiously
- 21: You're sure bogeys won't catch my legs
- 22: It was a good hour's walk from the cromlechs to Birk Water
- 23: Wendy succumbed to her persuasions as readily as Adam
- 24: Toddlekins will be furious if we don't go
- 25: Why do you want to go to Glenbury
- 26: Who with Wendy and Vi had joined the seniors
- 27: Motioning her to walk along in front with Geraldine
- 28: I might go out and gather the tansy
- 29: If there is anything you want particularly in Glenbury
- 30: She did not like to be called a slacker
- 31: Ejaculated Loveday in amazement
- 32: And they won't be up when you get to Petteridge
- 33: I'd quite a nice ride to Petteridge
- 34: Diana and Loveday cemented a firm friendship
- 35: I think it sounds rather sporty
- 36: Miss Chadwick and her students set to work methodically
- 37: But Miss Ormrod always ignored the hint
- 38: Toddlekins will have to get a taxi
- 39: The spire of Glenbury Church loomed ahead
- 40: Another helped Diana and Wendy out
- 41: I've borrowed Loveday's roller skates
- 42: For a moment Miss Hampson was without words
- 43: Who expected to meet them in Glenbury
- 44: The objects of attraction mentioned by the verger the jail
- 45: Entreated Miss Hampson piteously
- 46: The next motor omnibus would come through at seven
- 47: I should think Pendlemere must be over there
- 48: We'd better get back to Glenbury
- 49: Wendy as usual had taken a cold in her head
- 50: So most of the work fell upon the Flemings
- 51: Staring upwards at the clerestory
- 52: The Flemings liked to preserve old traditions
- 53: And won't bolt when th' harmonium starts
- 54: Placed lanterns on the harmonium
- 55: Fleming spread the table with sewing
- 56: Lenox had tied her up himself the night before
- 57: Though not so clever as Darkie
- 58: ' Coonie understood in a second
- 59: So we felt that Darkie had patched up peace
- 60: Meg was still examining the photo
- 61: And began the twelfth nocturne
- 62: Then for the encores you could play Encores
- 63: Under the magic spell of Chopin
- 64: Fleming refused to return to the platform
- 65: Diana found Loveday in the ivy room
- 66: And Miss Hampson is also kismet
- 67: Perseus was decked with a turban
- 68: Go down and report yourself instantly to Miss Todd
- 69: Miss Todd says I've been utterly and entirely spoilt
- 70: Miss Ormrod called you 'Meddlesome Matty'
- 71: She went down one day with Wendy
- 72: So Wendy departed on her foraging expedition
- 73: Eat up that piece of sausage double quick
- 74: I tell you I haven't got measles
- 75: Why shouldn't I go to Petteridge
- 76: Miss Todd received Diana quite amiably
- 77: When Diana got an idea into her head
- 78: Geraldine proceeded on her way
- 79: Ida was not so strong minded as Geraldine
- 80: Took Loveday into her confidence
- 81: Diana came tearing down the corridor in search of Loveday
- 82: Then call with the car at Liverpool for Loveday
- 83: Hewlitt and Diana were in the rear seat
- 84: And carried them along the Warwick Road
- 85: She switched off the light and lay down again
- 86: With its thatched or red tiled roof
- 87: Lenox walked round with the others
- 88: The Hewlitts arranged to make an excursion in a wagonette
- 89: Lenox dropped after her directly
- 90: With smears of duckweed on her cheeks
- 91: And Diana trailing the pink kimono
- 92: Miss Chadwick and her two assistants were thoroughly modern
- 93: She took a sudden and most violent affection for Adeline
- 94: Miss Chadwick and her assistants
- 95: Down the corridor bustled Miss Hampson in a hurry
- 96: Adeline tied up the Peveril before she followed them
- 97: Loveday glanced anxiously at her friend
- 98: Diana and Wendy sat on the bank lazily enjoying themselves
- 99: Wendy returned with this report
- 100: Miss Carr explained at full length to Miss Todd
- 101: Returned Miss Todd sarcastically
- 102: She was snappy even with Loveday
- 103: Loveday had come running downstairs
- 104: In the ivy room Loveday also wrote and burnt
- 105: Hilary did not deign to answer
- 106: Asked the head prefect sharply
- 107: Loveday and Diana turned over and went to sleep
- 108: In a minute or two Loveday came quietly back
- 109: Miss Todd was sitting at her desk
- 110: Loveday shielded me when I ran away to say good bye to Lenox
- 111: At eight o'clock Miss Beverley
- 112: Then she tore straight off to Miss Todd
- 113: Hewlitt were crossing the channel post haste