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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

MISS ASHTON RECEIVES A LETTER.

CHAPTER II.

MARION ENTERS SCHOOL.

CHAPTER III.

GLADYS HAS A ROOM-MATE.

CHAPTER IV.

SETTLING DOWN TO WORK.

CHAPTER V.

MRS. PARKE’S LETTER.

CHAPTER VI.

SCHOOL CLIQUES.

CHAPTER VII.

AIDS TO EDUCATION.

CHAPTER VIII.

DEMOSTHENIC CLUB.

CHAPTER IX.

MISS ASHTON’S ADVICE.

CHAPTER X.

CHOOSING A PROFESSION.

CHAPTER XI.

VISIT OF COUSIN ABIJAH.

CHAPTER XII.

THE TABLEAUX.

CHAPTER XIII.

GLADYS LEAVES THE CLUB.

CHAPTER XIV.

KATE UNDERWOOD’S APOLOGIES.

CHAPTER XV.

MISS ASHTON’S FRIDAY NIGHT.

CHAPTER XVI.

STORIED WEST ROCK.

CHAPTER XVII.

NOVEMBER SNOWSTORM.

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE SLEIGH-RIDE.

CHAPTER XIX.

DETECTIVES AT WORK.

CHAPTER XX.

REPENTANCE.

CHAPTER XXI.

ACCEPTING A THANKSGIVING INVITATION.

CHAPTER XXII.

AUNT BETTY’S RECEPTION OF HER GUEST.

CHAPTER XXIII.

THE ACADEMY GIRL’S THANKSGIVING AT THE OLD HOMESTEAD.

CHAPTER XXIV.

MARION’S REPENTANCE.

CHAPTER XXV.

DIPHTHERIA.

CHAPTER XXVI.

CHRISTMAS COMING.

CHAPTER XXVII.

CHRISTMAS IN THE ACADEMY.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

FRÄULEIN’S GYMNASTICS.

CHAPTER XXIX.

WOMEN’S WORK.

CHAPTER XXX.

DECEIT.

CHAPTER XXXI.

MARION’S LETTER FROM HOME.

CHAPTER XXXII.

PENITENT.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

SPRING VACATION.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

NEMESIS.

CHAPTER XXXV.

FAREWELL WORDS.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

WOMEN’S WORK.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

COMMENCEMENT.