MARY LOUISE

CONTENTS


I JUST AN ARGUMENT

II GRAN'PA JIM

III A SURPRISE

IV SHIFTING SANDS

V OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION

VI UNDER A CLOUD

VII THE ESCAPE

VIII A FRIENDLY FOE

IX OFFICER O'GORMAN

X RATHER QUEER INDEED

XI MARY LOUISE MEETS IRENE

XII A CHEERFUL COMRADE

XIII BUB SUCCUMBS TO FORCE

XIV A CALL FROM AGATHA LORD

XV BUB'S HOBBY

XVI THE STOLEN BOOK

XVII THE HIRED GIRL

XVIII MARY LOUISE GROWS SUSPICIOUS

XIX AN ARTFUL CONFESSION

XX DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND

XXI BAD NEWS

XXII THE FOLKS AT BIGBEE'S

XXIII A KISS FROM JOSIE

XXIV FACING THE TRUTH

XXV SIMPLE JUSTICE

XXVI THE LETTER



CHAPTER I

JUST AN ARGUMENT


"It's positively cruel!" pouted Jennie Allen, one of a group of girls
occupying a garden bench in the ample grounds of Miss Stearne's School
for Girls, at Beverly.

"It's worse than that; it's insulting," declared Mable Westervelt, her
big dark eyes flashing indignantly.

"Doesn't it seem to reflect on our characters?" timidly asked Dorothy
Knerr.

"Indeed it does!" asserted Sue Finley. "But here comes Mary Louise;
let's ask her opinion."

"Phoo! Mary Louise is only a day scholar," said Jennie. "The restriction
doesn't apply to her at all."