Chapter I: Front Matter

HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS

BOOKS BY AMANDA M. DOUGLAS

THE HELEN GRANT BOOKS

ILLUSTRATED

HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS $1.25
HELEN GRANT'S FRIENDS 1.25
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HELEN GRANT IN COLLEGE 1.25
HELEN GRANT, SENIOR 1.25
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HELEN GRANT, TEACHER 1.25
HELEN GRANT'S DECISION 1.25
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ALMOST AS GOOD AS A BOY. Illustrated by BERTHA G.
DAVIDSON 1.25

HEROES OF THE CRUSADES. Fifty full-page Illustrations
from GUSTAVE DORE 1.50

LARRY (The $2000 PRIZE STORY) 1.00

THE KATHIE STORIES. Six Volumes. Illustrated. Per
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LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
BOSTON

HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS

BY

AMANDA M. DOUGLAS

Author of "In the King's Country," "In Trust," "Larry,"
"The Kathie Stories," "Almost as Good
as a Boy," etc.

_ILLUSTRATED BY AMY BROOKS_

BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Published, August, 1903

COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY LEE AND SHEPARD

_All rights reserved_

HELEN GRANT'S SCHOOLDAYS

Norwood Press
BERWICK & SMITH CO.
Norwood, Mass.
U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. HELEN, 1

II. AN EXCURSION TO HOPE, 20

III. AIR CASTLES WITH FOUNDATIONS, 41

IV. PLANTING OF SMALL SEEDS, 65

V. A GIRL'S DREAMS, 87

VI. HOW THEY ALL PLANNED, 106

VII. SUCCESSFUL, 127

VIII. MRS. VANDORN'S WINNING HAND, 148

IX. DIFFERENT STANDPOINTS, 169

X. BEGINNING ANEW, 196

XI. SCHOOL IN EARNEST, 218

XII. THE COURAGE OF CONVICTIONS, 238

XIII. A LITTLE SEED SOWN, 263

XIV. AND THORNS SPRANG UP, 284

XV. BETWIXT TWO, 306

XVI. HOPE THROUGH A WIDER OUTLOOK, 328

XVII. IN THE DELIGHTFUL CURRENT, 348

XVIII. WRIT IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, 371

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Helen tells her dreams to the old apple-tree.
(_Frontispiece_) 6

Helen put her head down suddenly, and
pressed her lips on the jewelled hand 55

Helen's first day at Aldred House 192

They were winding round into Elm Avenue,
with great bunches of wild flowers and
bright leaves 235

When Helen returned there was a box that
had been sent across the water, with some
pretty laces and a fine neck-chain and
charm 272

He looked like an old picture, but he was a
gentleman, every inch of him 390

Transcriber's note:

In the List of Illustrations there is reference to an ilustration on page 235. It could not be found.

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