The Luckiest Girl in the School

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rovement, and Kirsty felt that though they had not yet established a games reputation, they at any rate showed good promise of future achievements. She hoped to do much in the cricket and

ol. You can't develop these things all in a few weeks. You've got to catch your kids young and teach them, before you get a school with a reputation. I feel with all the games that we're simply buil

n another year?"

l do my bit this term, and then hand over the job to my suc

y very self-sacrificing of her, for she might have gained far more credit by concentrating her energies on a few, but for the ultimate good of the school it was undoubtedly far and away the best policy to pursue. The training of a number of recruits may not be as interesting as the polishing up of champions, b

e a larger number of tennis courts provided than fall to the share of most schools, and each form had its allotted times for play.

in her remarks sometimes, but Winona did not mind criticism from her captain, and acted so well on all the advice given that she was making rapid strides. In pursuance of Kirsty's all-round training policy, she was not allowed

er be clever like Garnet, and that it was extremely unlikely that she would win laurels on her books. She had promised Miss Bishop that she would tr

-I won't say it's probable, but it's just possible that I might do something

antic, old-world flavor about the gray pile opposite, its carvings and cloisters and chiming bells seemed so peaceful and so far removed from modern trouble. Sometimes indeed the whirr of a biplane would disturb the quiet as an airman flittered like a great dragon-fly over the city, reminding her that medieval times were past; while a bugle call from the neighboring barracks emphasized the fact that the world was at war

alf wistfully one day to Beatrice Howell, who was exulting over a

ghtmare to have them in the firing line! Be t

ion that he had got into a wrong set at Longworth College. He had written to her twice already this term, wanting to borrow money, and suggesting

on her," she wrote back. "Besides, she'd want to know what I

expecting he would soon get over his fit of sulks. She was utterly unprepared for the sequel. On

I've taken it. I am at present a member of His Majesty's Forces, and if you want to write t

ectionate

er

tell the mater

, and was greatly relieved to have news of his whereabouts. The runaway was below military age, and his mother's first impulse was to apply for his immediate discharge. But from this course her

epted him, well and good. It seems to me the one thing in the world that is likely to steady him and give him that sense o

r him at once. I regret to say that Winona's patriotic knitting had languished very much during the last two terms, but this personal stimulus revived her ardor. She even took her sock to the tennis court, and, emulating the example of Patricia Marshall and several other enthusiasts, got quite good pieces done between the sets. She

n of the combined V.a. and V.b. Eleven, and she was looking forward to the contest as one of the events of her life. She was aware that on its success or failure might hang much of her future athletic career at school, and she was determined to show of what stuff she was made

t it's the nastiest I know. I'd rather have Kirsty's any day, because at least you know what to expect from her, and you're on your guard. Don't try to be clever too soon; it's better not to score at all during the first over th

sitting on the fence looking decidedly crestfalle

Girl alive!

pain across my chest, and I keep shivering. I suppose I must have c

ttempt! You go home at once, and get some hot tea, and go to bed afterwards if

s I will go home now. I rea

tching Joyce's retreating figure. "I thought she was going to faint

It's unthinkable

ertain Joyce won't play on

ling rather down

ponge if Joyce is off!

tely well again by Saturday, and if she isn't Marjorie Kemp must take her place. Do be s

tion of Joyce's desk, but the familiar check dress and amber pigtail were not to be see

ews?" asked Garnet, steppin

e? You're looking ver

has develope

!" explod

for Joyce's sake that it wasn't! The news has only just come. Helena Maitland knows abo

oked queer yesterday

catch it!" shudd

t's too h

among the girls as the bad news was discuss

icer of Health," volunteered Olave Parry, who

though it was not yet nine o'clock. She wen

ut Joyce?" one or two of th

into quarantine. Miss Bishop is making arrangeme

course very abstracted, it gave some ostensible occupation. Before the hour was over Miss Bi

out the city, you will have to be most carefully kept apart. I have sent all the other girls home, and you will stay at the school during to-day. Dr. Barnes is coming this morning to re-vaccinate you, and this afternoon you are to be taken to the Camp at Dunheath, where you will stay until the period of quarantine is over. Go home? Most certainly not! No girl is to leave the school on

e girls clustered round Miss H

Miss Bishop tells me that Dr. Barnes will send a hospital nurse with us. It's a nuisance to be in q

ctive temperaments. Some were nervous, while others regarded it as a j

ion doesn't hurt! It's nothing but a scratch. You might be going to have your arms cut off. For goodness' sake sh

eak out in spot

ke a fuss. You're far more likely to

remembering Saturday's event. "Th

What a grizzly nuisance!

elped! We must play

be as savag

's responsible for a

e and packets of new darning needles. Each girl in turn went first to Miss Bishop and had her arm thoroughly sterilized with boiled water and boracic lotion, and was then passed on to the medical officer for vaccination. The scratch with the needle r

m for cricket after this, unless we play one-handed!" laughed Winona.

of bats, balls and stumps and a few tennis rackets, and also your school

voutly hoped might get broken on the way and thus save them the labor of writing exercises. They had dinner and a four o'clock tea at school, after which meal Miss Bishop, who seemed to have spent most of the day at the telephone, announced that arrangements were now completed, and that they must get ready to start. Great was the excitement when at five o'clock a motor char-à-ba