CHAPTERPAGE
I.“The Comet”[5]
II.Friends in Need[24]
III.The Musicians of Bremen[41]
IV.Plots and Plans[52]
V.The First Motor Picnic[63]
VI.The Box of Troubles[81]
VII.The Fire[95]
VIII.Nancy’s Home[110]
IX.At the Sign of the Blue Tea Pot[128]
X.Rumors at School[136]
XI.Seven League Island[147]
XII.The Storm[166]
XIII.Wheels Within Wheels[179]
XIV.The Hallowe’en House Party[193]
XV.The Ghost Party[206]
XVI.A Stray Ghost[217]
XVII.Mrs. Ruggles[228]
XVIII.Fannie Alta[241]
XIX.Mary Before Her Judges[253]
XX.Miss Campbell Wears Black[262]
XXI.The Missing Link[271]
XXII.The Refugees[280]
XXIII.Belle’s Confession[291]
XXIV.Out of the Mists[303]

THE MOTOR MAIDS’ SCHOOL DAYS

CHAPTER I.—“THE COMET.”

“Girls, in about ten minutes you’re going to have the surprise of your lives,” cried Nancy Brown, joining a group of her friends at the High School gate.

“What is it, Nancy? Do tell us, please,” cried half a dozen voices at once.

“No, you must wait,” answered Nancy. “If I told you what it was, I wouldn’t enjoy seeing your faces when the thing happened.”

“Nancy, you have always got some mystery on foot,” put in her most intimate friend, Elinor Butler. “Is this one animal, vegetable, or mineral?”

“Fine or superfine?”

“Can it speak?”

“Is it as large as a house?”