AND SO JESS MORSE STEPPED FORWARD, BASHFULLY,
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The Girls
of Central High
on the Stage
OR
The Play That Took The Prize
BY
GERTRUDE W. MORRISON
Author of The Girls of Central High,
The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna,
Etc.
ILLUSTRATED
THE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING CO.
CLEVELAND—NEW YORK
Made in U. S. A.
Copyright, 1914, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Press of
THE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING CO.
Cleveland
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | What the M. O. R.’s Needed | [1] |
| II | What Josephine Morse Needed | [9] |
| III | What Mr. Chumley Needed | [18] |
| IV | What Mrs. Prentice Needed | [28] |
| V | There is a General Need | [34] |
| VI | It All Comes Out | [40] |
| VII | The Hand Held Out | [50] |
| VIII | The Race Is On | [60] |
| IX | A Skating Party | [70] |
| X | The Mid-Term Examination | [80] |
| XI | Missing | [87] |
| XII | Counsel for the Defense | [95] |
| XIII | A Way is Opened | [104] |
| XIV | In Suspense | [113] |
| XV | A Mile a Minute | [121] |
| XVI | “Just Like a Story Book” | [128] |
| XVII | Lily Pendleton Is Dissatisfied | [139] |
| XVIII | The Ski Runners | [146] |
| XIX | The First Dress Rehearsal | [153] |
| XX | “Mr. Pizotti” | [160] |
| XXI | Mother Wit Puts Two and Two Together | [170] |
| XXII | Mrs. Plornish | [178] |
| XXIII | “Caught on the Fly” | [187] |
| XXIV | The Great Night | [197] |
| XXV | Good News for Jess | [202] |