Books Should Be Free Loyal Books Free Public Domain Audiobooks & eBook Downloads |
|
A Popular Schoolgirl By: Angela Brazil (1868-1947) |
---|
![]()
by ANGELA BRAZIL Illustrated by Balliol Salmon New York
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Publishers
Copyright, 1920, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All Rights Reserved
First published in the United States of America, 1921
[Illustration: UNDER THE LANTERNS Chapter XX ]
CONTENTS
I. The End of the Holidays II. Opening Day III. Wynch on the Wold IV. Intruder Bess V. The Fifth form FĂȘte VI. The School Parliament VII. Hockey VIII. An Unpleasant Experience IX. A Hostel Frolic X. The Whispering Stones XI. On Strike XII. The Rainbow League XIII. Quenrede Comes Out XIV. The Peep hole XV. Brotherly Breezes XVI. An Easter Pilgrimage XVII. The Rivals XVIII. Bess at Home XIX. The Nun's Walk XX. Under the Lanterns XXI. The Abbey Recital
Illustrations
Under the Lanterns "Let's Call ourselves the Foursome League" A Friend in Need "You look nice you do, really , with your hair down" "You may think you know everything, Bess Haselford, but you don't know
this!" A Tall Figure, clothed in some White Garment, was gliding towards them
A POPULAR SCHOOLGIRL
CHAPTER I The End of the Holidays
"Ingred! Ingred, old girl! I say, Ingred! Wherever have you taken
yourself off to?" shouted a boyish voice, as its owner, jumping an
obstructing gooseberry bush, tore around the corner of the house from
the kitchen garden on to the strip of rough lawn that faced the windows.
"Hullo! Cuckoo! Coo ee! In gred!" "I'm here all the time, so you needn't bawl!" came in resigned tones
from under the shade of a large fuchsia. "You're enough to wake the
dead, Chumps! What is it you want now! It's too hot to go a walk till
after tea. I'm trying to get ten minutes peace and quiet!" Hereward, otherwise "Chumps," put his feet together in the second
position, flung out his arms in what was intended to be a graceful
attitude, and made a mock bow worthy of the cinema stage. "Have them by all means, Madam!" he replied in mincing accents. "Your
humble servant has no wish to disturb your ladyship's elegant repose. He
offers a thousand apologies for his unceremonious entrance into your
august presence, and implores you to condescend Ow! Stop it, you
brute! " Hereward's burst of eloquence was brought to an abrupt end by the
violent onslaught of a fox terrier puppy which flung itself upon him and
began to worry his ankles with delighted yelps of appreciation. "Stop it! Keep off, I tell you! I won't be chewed to ribbons!" he
protested, dodging the attacks of the playful but all too sharp teeth,
and catching the little dog by the piece of tarred rope that formed its
collar. "Here, you'll get throttled in a minute if you don't mend your
manners." "Give him to his auntie, bless his heart!" laughed Ingred, extending
welcoming arms to the fat specimen of puppyhood, and rolling him about
on her knee. "Oh, he did make you dance! You looked so funny! There,
precious! Don't chump auntie's fingers. Go bye byes now. Snuggle down on
auntie's dress, and " "If you've quite finished talking idiotic nonsense to that little
beast," interrupted Hereward sarcastically, "you'll perhaps kindly
oblige me by mentioning whether you're coming or not!" "Not coming anywhere too hot!" grunted Ingred, resettling her cushion
under the fuchsia bush. "Right you are! Please yourself and you'll please me! Though I should
have thought the run to Chatcombe " Ingred sprang to her feet, dropping the puppy unceremoniously. "You don't mean to say Egbert's finished mending the motor bike? You
abominable boy! Why couldn't you tell me so before?" "You never gave me the chance just said off hand you wouldn't go
anywhere. Yes, the engine's running like a daisy, and the sidecar's on,
and Egbert's fussing to be off. If you really change your mind and want
to go " But by this time Ingred was round the corner of the house; so, shaking a
philosophic head at the ways of girls in general, her brother gathered a
gooseberry or two en route, and followed her in the direction of the
stable yard... Continue reading book >>
|
This book is in genre |
---|
Fiction |
eBook links |
---|
Wikipedia – Angela Brazil |
Wikipedia – A Popular Schoolgirl |
eBook Downloads | |
---|---|
ePUB eBook • iBooks for iPhone and iPad • Nook • Sony Reader |
Kindle eBook • Mobi file format for Kindle |
Read eBook • Load eBook in browser |
Text File eBook • Computers • Windows • Mac |
Review this book |
---|