"'SO I'VE WON, EVEN WITHOUT YOUR VOTE,' SAID LOTTIE TO MILDRED WITH A SPICE OF TRIUMPH IN HER TONE"

Contents

I.[ The United Schools Alliance]9
II.[ St. Cyprian's College]23
III.[ The Story of a Violin]35
IV.[ Concerns Va]49
V.[ An Advertisement Competition]61
VI.[ A Chance Meeting]73
VII.[ A School Eisteddfod]85
VIII.[ St. Cyprian's versus Templeton]102
IX.[ The Students' Concert]117
X.[ Changes]131
XI.[ The Towers]142
XII.[ At Tiverton Keep]154
XIII.[ A Colonial Cousin]165
XIV.[ Mildred's Choice]173
XV.[ Monitress Mildred]190
XVI.[ The Autumn Term]204
XVII.[ The Alliance Exhibition]218
XVIII.[ Twelfth Night Revels]233
XIX.[ Winter Sports]247
XX.[ A Musical Scholarship]262
XXI.[ Harvest]277

Illustrations

["'So I've won, even without your vote,' said Lottie to Mildred with a spice of triumph in her tone" Frontispiece ]21
[Tantie tells Mildred the History of her Violin, which is a very old and valuable one made by Stradivarius himself ]39
[Herr Hoffmann tells Mildred that she is to Play at the Public Recital in the Town Hall ]80
[Mildred is met by her Uncle, Sir Darcy Lorraine, at the Station ]143
["'Hi! danger!' he yelled to Diccon, who was about to start down the track" ]253
[Mildred is told that she has won the Three Years' Scholarship in the Berlin Conservatoire ]276