Chapter I: Front Matter

The Third Class at Miss Kaye's

BY ANGELA BRAZIL

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The Third Class at Miss Kaye's
A School Story

BY
ANGELA BRAZIL
Author of "The Fortunes of Philippa"

_ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR A. DIXON_

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

Contents

Chap. Page

I. A WET-DAY PARTY 9

II. AN IMPORTANT DECISION 23

III. THE THIRD CLASS 36

IV. A FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL 49

V. RIVALS 62

VI. SQUABBLES 75

VII. THE STORY OF MERCY INGLEDEW 88

VIII. ALL-HALLOWS EVE AND GUY FAWKES 104

IX. WHAT MISS KAYE THOUGHT OF IT 117

X. SYLVIA'S BIRTHDAY 129

XI. THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 142

XII. THE SECRET SOCIETY 153

XIII. A SPRING PICNIC 167

XIV. WHITWEEK WITH LINDA 181

XV. AN EXCURSION WITH A DONKEY 194

XVI. THE CHINESE CHARM 206

XVII. THE SKETCHING CLASS 220

XVIII. DR. SEVERN EXPLAINS 231

XIX. THE PRIZE GIVING 244

Illustrations

Page

"THE WHEELBARROW SUDDENLY SEEMED TO PLUNGE INTO THE GROUND"
_Frontispiece_ 54

"SYLVIA WROTE HER FIRST LETTER HOME THAT EVENING" 60

"IN A FEW MINUTES A GRAND BLAZE WAS FLARING UP" 126

"HE ENTANGLED BOTH HER HAT AND HAIR IN A WILD-ROSE BUSH" 196