Chapter I: Front Matter

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The School by the Sea

BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
50 Old Bailey, LONDON
17 Stanhope Street, GLASGOW

BLACKIE & SON (INDIA) LIMITED
Warwick House, Fort Street, BOMBAY

BLACKIE & SON (CANADA) LIMITED
TORONTO

The School by the Sea

BY
ANGELA BRAZIL

Author of "Joan's Best Chum" "The School in the South"
"The Youngest Girl in the Fifth"
&c. &c.

_Illustrated_

BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
LONDON AND GLASGOW

By Angela Brazil

At School with Rachel.
Ruth of St. Ronan's.
Joan's Best Chum.
Captain Peggie.
Schoolgirl Kitty.
The School in the South.
Monitress Merle.
Loyal to the School.
A Fortunate Term.
A Popular Schoolgirl.
The Princess of the School.
A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl.
The Head Girl at the Gables.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl.
For the School Colours.
The Madcap of the School.
The Luckiest Girl in the School.
The Jolliest Term on Record.
The Girls of St. Cyprian's.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth.
The New Girl at St. Chad's.
For the Sake of the School.
The School by the Sea.
The Leader of the Lower School.
A Pair of Schoolgirls.
A Fourth Form Friendship.
The Manor House School.
The Nicest Girl in the School.
The Third Form at Miss Kaye's.
The Fortunes of Philippa.

_Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son Ltd. Glasgow_

Contents

CHAP. Page

I. THE INTERLOPER 9

II. A KINGDOM BY THE SEA 20

III. A MYSTERIOUS SCHOOLFELLOW 30

IV. "THE KING OF THE CASTLE" 42

V. PRACTICAL GEOGRAPHY 51

VI. RAGTIME 65

VII. AN INVITATION 76

VIII. A MEETING ON THE SHORE 89

IX. A MESSAGE 99

X. MAROONED 114

XI. "CORIOLANUS" 127

XII. IN QUARANTINE 140

XIII. THE LIFE-BOAT ANNIVERSARY 153

XIV. THE BEACON FIRE 166

XV. THE OLD WINDLASS 179

XVI. HARE AND HOUNDS 192

XVII. A DISCOVERY 205

XVIII. AN ALARM 224

XIX. A TORN LETTER 235

Illustrations

Facing
Page

"THERE IS SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING INSIDE THE
BARRED ROOM!" SHE GASPED _Frontispiece_

A SMALL BOY WAS WAVING HIS CAP IN FRANTIC WELCOME 48

THE MAN APPEARED TO HAVE MANY DIRECTIONS TO GIVE 96

GERDA DARTED UPON THE BATHFUL OF OLD LETTERS 200

THE SCHOOL BY THE SEA