The Girls of Central High on the Stage

by Gertrude W. Morrison

The Girls

of Central High

on the Stage

OR

The Play That Took The Prize

BY

GERTRUDE W. MORRISON

Author of The Girls of Central High,
The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, etc.

ILLUSTRATED

THE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING CO.

Made in U. S. A.

Copyright, 1914, by

GROSSET & DUNLAP

Press of
THE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING CO.
Cleveland

AND SO JESS MORSE STEPPED FORWARD, BASHFULLY, AND FACED THE AUDIENCE.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	What The M. O. R.'s Needed	1
II	What Josephine Morse Needed	9
III	What Mr. Chumley Needed	18
IV	What Mrs. Prentice Needed	28
V	There is a General Need	34
VI	It All Comes Out	40
VII	The Hand Held Out	50
VIII	The Race is On	60
IX	A Skating Party	70
X	The Mid-Term Examination	80
XI	Missing	87
XII	Counsel for the Defense	95
XIII	A Way is Opened	104
XIV	In Suspense	113
XV	A Mile a Minute	121
XVI	"Just Like a Story Book"	128
XVII	Lily Pendleton is Dissatisfied	139
XVIII	The Ski Runners	146
XIX	The First Dress Rehersal	153
XX	"Mr. Pizotti"	160
XXI	Mother Wit Puts Two and Two Together	170
XXII	Mrs. Plornish	178
XXIII	"Caught on the Fly"	187
XXIV	The Great Night	197
XXV	Good News for Jess	202