AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN JANUARY," "MELODY,"
"QUEEN HILDEGARDE," ETC.
Illustrated by
ETHELDRED B. BARRY

BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS


Copyright, 1899
By Dana Estes & Company
Colonial Press:
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U. S. A.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.A New World[11]
II.The Box From Fernley[31]
III.In the "Gym."[51]
IV.Enter the Scapegoat[72]
V.To the Rescue[89]
VI.The Owl's Nest[102]
VII.Wedding Bells[121]
VIII.By Moonlight[141]
IX.Faculty Meeting and Bedlam[160]
X.Teacher and Pupil[182]
XI.Decoration—and Other Things[194]
XII.An Adventure[210]
XIII.Peggy Victrix[224]
XIV.On Spy Hill[240]
XV.What Was the Matter With Lobelia Parkins?[253]
XVI.The Terror by Night[268]
XVII.Waiting[279]
XVIII.The End and the Beginning[297]