| Chap. | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | New Lamps | [9] |
| II. | The Oldest Pupil | [22] |
| III. | Lotus Blooms | [ 36] |
| IV. | An Upheaval | [49] |
| V. | Lesbia burns her Boats | [62] |
| VI. | Lesbia's Future | [75] |
| VII. | Those Juniors | [90] |
| VIII. | Before the Curtain | [104] |
| IX. | Girls of Va | [117] |
| X. | Pilgrims' Inn Chambers | [127] |
| XI. | A Holiday Governess | [143] |
| XII. | The Blessed Damozel | [154] |
| XIII. | In Luck's Way | [168] |
| XIV. | A Country Cottage | [184] |
| XV. | The Stripling | [196] |
| XVI. | Friction | [208] |
| XVII. | A Hard Term | [221] |
| XVIII. | An Adventure | [237] |
| XIX. | Alack! | [248] |
| XX. | The Highway Woman | [263] |
| XXI. | Lesbia Decides | [275] |
Illustrations
| Facing Page | |
|---|---|
| "It's wonderfully good" | [Frontispiece] |
| Kindly interest | [128] |
| Not a trace of Derrick | [200] |
| She squeezed through the frame without much difficulty | [240] |
LOYAL TO THE SCHOOL
CHAPTER I
New Lamps
"The fault I find with the Kingfield High School," proclaimed Kathleen Wilcox, squatting on the top of a boot locker, and putting on a new pair of patent leather house shoes with a deliberate eye to their effect upon her surrounding friends and foes, "the fault I find—yes, I do find fault and I shall, Lesbia Ferrars, though you are the oldest pupil and take the school under your wing! You needn't make round eyes at me like that! I don't care twopence for your glares! Well, as I was saying—and I won't be interrupted—the fault I find with the Kingfield High School is that it's not nearly go-ahead enough. If you ask me I think it's dropping behind the times!"
"Dropping behind the times!" echoed Phillis Marsh in open-mouthed amazement.