Chapter I: Front Matter

BLUE BONNET IN BOSTON

OR, BOARDING-SCHOOL DAYS AT MISS NORTH'S

The Blue Bonnet Series

BLUE BONNET IN BOSTON
Or, Boarding-school Days at Miss North's

BY CAROLINE E. JACOBS
AND
LELA H. RICHARDS

A SEQUEL TO
A TEXAS BLUE BONNET
AND
BLUE BONNET'S RANCH PARTY

_Illustrated by_ JOHN GOSS

THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON: PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1914_
BY THE PAGE COMPANY

_Entered at Stationers' Hall, London_
_All rights reserved_
Made in U. S. A.

First Impression, August, 1914
Second Impression, November, 1914
Third Impression, March, 1915
Fourth Impression, August, 1915
Fifth Impression, May, 1916
Sixth Impression, April, 1917
Seventh Impression, March, 1918
Eighth Impression, February, 1919
Ninth Impression, April, 1919
Tenth Impression, March, 1920
Eleventh Impression, September, 1921

PRINTED BY C. H. SIMONDS COMPANY
BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE WAIL OF THE WE ARE SEVENS 1
II. A WEEK-END 20
III. IN BOSTON 40
IV. A SURPRISE 54
V. BOARDING-SCHOOL 74
VI. NEW FRIENDS 98
VII. IN TROUBLE 117
VIII. PENANCE 134
IX. WOODFORD 153
X. UNDER A CLOUD 172
XI. THE CLOUD LIFTS 191
XII. INITIATED 208
XIII. SUNDAY 227
XIV. SETTLEMENT WORK 239
XV. A HARVARD TEA 255
XVI. ANTICIPATIONS 274
XVII. THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS 294
XVIII. KITTY'S COTILLION 313
XIX. A SURPRISE PARTY 333
XX. THE JUNIOR SPREAD 344
XXI. THE LAMBS' FROLIC 359
XXII. COMMENCEMENT 377

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"SHE WRENCHED THE WHIP FROM ALEC'S HAND"
(_See page 308_) _Frontispiece_

"BLUE BONNET TOOK THE MIRROR AND LOOKED AT
HERSELF FROM ALL ANGLES" 140

"THE GHOST IN THE CENTRE OF THE GROUP ROSE" 216

"GABRIEL LOOKED UP IN DISDAIN" 245

"SHE WAS HOLDING ON TO UNCLE CLIFF'S COAT
LAPELS" 288

"SHE WAS OONAH, THE BEWITCHING LITTLE IRISH
MAIDEN" 357

Blue Bonnet in Boston