Preface

'Stop!'commanded Miss Carrington

The Girls

of Central High

Aiding the Red Cross

OR

AMATEUR THEATRICALS FOR

A WORTHY CAUSE

BY

GERTRUDE W. MORRISON

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE ODDEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED

II THE RED CROSS GIRL

III ODD!

IV THE MYSTERY MAN

V SAND IN THE GEARS

VI THE BANK-NOTE

VII SOMETHING EXCITING

VIII THE FOREFRONT OF TROUBLE

IX THE ICE CARNIVAL

X BUT WHO IS HE?

XI A REHEARSAL

XII BUBBLE, BUBBLE

XIII MOTHER WIT HAS AN IDEA

XIV CHAINS ON HIS WHEELS

XV PIE AND POETRY

XVI EMBER NIGHT

XVII A STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT

XVIII WHERE WAS PURT?

XIX LAURA LISTENS

XX TWO THINGS ABOUT HESTER

XXI AND A THIRD THING

XXII THE CASE FOR AND AGAINST PURT

XXIII THE LAST REHEARSAL

XXIV MR. NEMO, OF NOWHERE

XXV IT IS ALL ROUNDED UP