Chapter I: Front Matter

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The Girls
of Central High
on the Stage

OR

The Play That Took The Prize

BY

GERTRUDE W. MORRISON

Author of The Girls of Central High,
The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna,
Etc.

_ILLUSTRATED_

THE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING CO.
CLEVELAND--NEW YORK

Made in U. S. A.

Copyright, 1914, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP

Press of
THE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING CO.
Cleveland

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I What the M. O. R.'s Needed 1
II What Josephine Morse Needed 9
III What Mr. Chumley Needed 18
IV What Mrs. Prentice Needed 28
V There is a General Need 34
VI It All Comes Out 40
VII The Hand Held Out 50
VIII The Race Is On 60
IX A Skating Party 70
X The Mid-Term Examination 80
XI Missing 87
XII Counsel for the Defense 95
XIII A Way is Opened 104
XIV In Suspense 113
XV A Mile a Minute 121
XVI "Just Like a Story Book" 128
XVII Lily Pendleton Is Dissatisfied 139
XVIII The Ski Runners 146
XIX The First Dress Rehearsal 153
XX "Mr. Pizotti" 160
XXI Mother Wit Puts Two and Two Together 170
XXII Mrs. Plornish 178
XXIII "Caught on the Fly" 187
XXIV The Great Night 197
XXV Good News for Jess 202

THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGE