For the School Colours   By: Angela Brazil (1868-1947)

By ANGELA BRAZIL

"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read." Bookman.

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 Class at Miss Kaye's. The Fortunes of Philippa.

LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.

[Illustration: "WHAT'S THIS? WHAT HAVE THEY SENT ME?" SHE GASPED page 199 ]

FOR THE SCHOOL COLOURS

by

ANGELA BRAZIL

Author of "A Patriotic Schoolgirl" "The Luckiest Girl in the School" "The Madcap of the School" &c. &c.

Illustrated by Balliol Salmon

Blackie and Son Limited London Glasgow and Bombay

Printed and bound in Great Britain

Contents

CHAP. Page

I. ENTER AVELYN 9

II. AN INVASION 22

III. WALDEN 37

IV. AN ENCOUNTER 51

V. RUCTIONS 65

VI. REPRISALS 79

VII. MISS HOPKINS 94

VIII. SPRING HEELED JACK 104

IX. CONCERNS DAY GIRLS 120

X. MISCHIEF 131

XI. MOSS COTTAGE 145

XII. "LADY TRACY'S AT HOME" 158

XIII. REPORTS 168

XIV. WAR WORK 178

XV. THE SCHOOL BIRTHDAY 193

XVI. UNDER THE PINES 204

XVII. THE LAVENDER LADY 214

XVIII. THE LOYAL SCHOOL LEAGUE 227

XIX. THE SURPRISE TREE 240

XX. PAMELA'S SECRET 254

XXI. PAMELA'S NIGHT WALK 266

XXII. THE LECTURE HALL IS DEDICATED 277

Illustrations

Page

"WHAT'S THIS? WHAT HAVE THEY SENT ME?" SHE GASPED Frontispiece

"DO YOU KNOW THIS WOOD'S PRIVATE PROPERTY?" HE SHOUTED 56

AVELYN, CROUCHED UNDER THE MANGER, COULD HEAR THE BULLYING TONE IN HIS VOICE 152

AN INTERVIEW WITH MISS THOMPSON 176

AVELYN AND THE LAVENDER LADY 224

WHO COULD SAY HOW MUCH MIGHT DEPEND ON THEIR SPEED? 272

FOR THE SCHOOL COLOURS

CHAPTER I

Enter Avelyn

"It's the limit!" exploded Laura.

"An atrocious shame!" agreed Janet.

"Gives me nerve shock!" mourned Ethelberga gloomily.

"You see," continued Laura, popping the tray of her box on to the floor and sitting down on her bed, so as the better to address her audience "you see, it's been plumped upon us without any warning. Miss Thompson must have arranged it long ago, but she never let out so much as a teeny weeny hint. If I'd known before I came back I'd have asked Father to give a term's notice and let me leave at Christmas. Crystal clear, I would."

"Rather! so would this child."

"I guess we all should."