II FANNY 32

IV BASKET-BALL ELECTION 44

V THANKSGIVING 58

VI MAUD 72

VII A SENIOR DISPUTE 80

VIII AN EVENTFUL STRAW-RIDE 93

IX A STARTLING DISCOVERY 108

X A SURPRISE TO MANY 121

XI THE CONCERT 130

XII CHRISTMAS 144

XIII POLLY'S LETTER 156

XIV MAUD'S DISAPPEARANCE 166

XV THE JUNIOR PROM 179

XVI MUMPS 193

XVII SPRING 205

XVIII FIELD DAY 219

XIX THE SENIOR DANCE 232

XX COMMENCEMENT 244

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Apparently, she had made little or no progress in unpacking
her suitcase, for nothing was put away _Frontispiece_

Polly was standing on a chair which threatened every minute
to topple from its precarious position on her bed 21

They cut it down, dragged it to the sleigh and bore it home
in triumph 147

Polly felt that she had not really earned the cup when it
was presented to her at the close of the game 198

CHAPTER I

SENIORS!

Polly Pendleton and Lois Farwell returned to Seddon Hall as seniors.

Up the long hill that led from the station their carriage crawled as it
had done on every other opening day.

From the summit of the hill the low, red-roofed buildings of the school
smiled a welcome from their setting of blazing Autumn leaves, and all
around them girls were calling out greetings.

There was a marked change in the two girls' outward appearances--their