Chapter I: Front Matter

THE GIRLS OF RIVERCLIFF SCHOOL

BOOKS FOR GIRLS

_By_ AMY BELL MARLOWE

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, 60 cents, postpaid

THE OLDEST OF FOUR
Or Natalie’s Way Out

THE GIRLS OF HILLCREST FARM
Or the Secret of the Rocks

A LITTLE MISS NOBODY
Or With the Girls of Pinewood Hall

THE GIRL FROM SUNSET RANCH
Or Alone in a Great City

WYN’S CAMPING DAYS
Or The Outing of Go-Ahead Club

FRANCES OF THE RANGES
Or The Old Ranchman’s Treasure

THE GIRLS OF RIVERCLIFF SCHOOL
Or Beth Baldwin’s Resolve

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

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THE GIRLS OF
RIVERCLIFF
SCHOOL

OR

BETH BALDWIN’S RESOLVE

BY
AMY BELL MARLOWE

AUTHOR OF
A LITTLE MISS NOBODY, THE GIRLS OF
HILLCREST FARM, ETC.

Illustrated

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP

_The Girls of Rivercliff School_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. “THE GRAPES THAT HANG HIGH” 1

II. LARRY’S “COMING OUT” PARTY 11

III. GREAT-GRANDMOTHER LOMIS’ CORALS 23

IV. THE SACRIFICE 32

V. THE “WATER WAGTAIL” 40

VI. AN ADVENTURE IN MIDSTREAM 48

VII. CYNTHIA FOGG 61

VIII. QUEER TALK 68

IX. RIVERCLIFF LANDING 74

X. A NEW WORLD 91

XI. “THE GLASS OF FASHION” 102

XII. FINDING HER PLACE 111

XIII. THE SUNNY SIDE 123

XIV. A GREAT DEAL TO LEARN 133

XV. THE RED MASQUE 142

XVI. NO MARTYR’S CROWN 152

XVII. FLINT AND STEEL 162

XVIII. ANOTHER BARRIER 171

XIX. MR. DENNIS MONTAGUE 181

XX. SOMETHING UNEXPECTED 191

XXI. THE BURIAL OF FRIENDSHIP 204

XXII. A RENEWED RESOLVE 211

XXIII. SUSPICION HOVERS 225

XXIV. THE TRAITOR’S BLOW 235

XXV. BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT 242

XXVI. ROUNDING OUT ANOTHER YEAR 249

XXVII. THE ICE CARNIVAL 258

XXVIII. MISS FREYLINGHAUSEN 274

XXIX. THE “PERFECT NUMBER” IN AUNTS 283

XXX. VOCATIONAL 301

THE GIRLS OF RIVERCLIFF SCHOOL