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Title: The Girl Scouts' Good Turn

Author: Edith Lavell

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THE GIRL SCOUTS'
GOOD TURN

BY EDITH LAVELL

AUTHOR OF

_"The Girl Scouts at Miss Allen's School," "The Girl
Scouts at Camp," "The Girl Scouts' Canoe
Trip," "The Girl Scouts' Rivals."_

[Illustration]

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

THE
GIRL SCOUTS SERIES

A Series of Stories for Girl Scouts

By EDITH LAVELL

The Girl Scouts at Miss Allen's School
The Girl Scouts at Camp
The Girl Scouts' Good Turn
The Girl Scouts' Canoe Trip
The Girl Scouts' Rivals

Copyright, 1922
By A. L. BURT COMPANY

THE GIRL SCOUTS' GOOD TURN

Made in "U. S. A."

[Illustration: Marjorie had played the best of anyone since the
beginning of the term.
(_The Girl Scouts' Good Turn_) _Page 75_]

THE GIRL SCOUTS' GOOD TURN

CHAPTER I

THE RECEPTION

"And it's somewhere there in fairyland----
It's where the rainbow ends!"

Marjorie Wilkinson hummed softly to herself as she skipped from place to
place, adding the finishing touches to the effect she and her committee
had planned.

It was the first Saturday of the regular fall term at Miss Allen's
Boarding School. The girls were back again in their old places--all
except the seniors of the previous year, who had graduated--and now the
sophomores were preparing for the first social event of the year, their
reception to the freshmen. Marjorie Wilkinson was chairman.

The clock struck seven, and she stood perfectly still in the center of
the floor, viewing the result of their work. The bare, ugly gymnasium
had disappeared; in its place was a little winter scene from fairyland.
Cedar branches, decked with flakes of artificial snow, and great wh