Chapter I: Front Matter

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The Girls
of Central High

OR

RIVALS FOR ALL HONORS

BY
GERTRUDE W. MORRISON

Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake
Luna, the Girls of Central High At
Basketball, Etc.

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

BOOKS FOR GIRLS

BY GERTRUDE W. MORRISON

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume,
40 cents, postpaid.

THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH SERIES

THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH
Or, Rivals for All Honors

THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON LAKE LUNA
Or, The Crew That Won

THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH AT BASKETBALL
Or, The Great Gymnasium Mystery

THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGE
Or, The Play That Took the Prize

THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON TRACK AND FIELD
Or, The Champions of the School League

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS--NEW YORK

Copyright, 1914, BY
Grosset & Dunlap

The Girls of Central High

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A blow at the High Cost of Living 1
II Athletics--Pro and Con 11
III A Real Alarm 21
IV "Poor Bobby" 31
V Whom Do You Believe? 38
VI False Evidence 46
VII The Committee on Organization 54
VIII Laura and the Principal 62
IX "The Day of the Touch" 74
X The Joke on Hester 80
XI The Man on the Spire 86
XII The M. O. R. Initiation 95
XIII The Haunted House 104
XIV The Test 112
XV A Very Real "Ghost" Indeed 119
XVI Where Is Laura? 126
XVII The Mystery 135
XVIII On the Eve of the Contest 143
XIX Hester Fouls the Game 151
XX The Eight-oared Shell 159
XXI The Finish of the Boat Race 166
XXII Staging a Thunderstorm 178
XXIII The Unveiling of Hester 186
XXIV The First Field Day 194
XXV "Mother Wit" 202

THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH