Three girl chums at Laurel Hall

By MAY HOLLIS BARTON
Author of The Girl from the Country, Plain Jane and Pretty Betty, etc.
NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1926, by Cupples & Leon Company
Three Girl Chums at Laurel Hall
Made in the U. S. A.
JO'S TROUBLE
Jo! You never mean it!
Nan Harrison regarded the dark-haired girl with dismay.
I'm afraid I do, said Jo Morley miserably. You don't hate it any more than I do, Nan!
You said you couldn't go with us to Laurel Hall, said the third of the trio, repeating the statement made by Jo Morley a moment before as though she still could not credit it. Why, Jo, it was only yesterday we were talking over our plans for boarding school! You expected to go then, didn't you?
Of course I did! I learned the awful news only last night!