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FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AT SCHOOL
BOOKS BY
MARGARET SIDNEY
A LITTLE MAID OF CONCORD TOWN_Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill_
A LITTLE MAID OF BOSTON TOWN_Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill_
THE FAMOUS PEPPER BOOKSIN ORDER OF PUBLICATION
_Twelve Volumes Illustrated_
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS MIDWAY
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS GROWN UP
PHRONSIE PEPPER
THE STORIES POLLY PEPPER TOLD
THE ADVENTURES OF JOEL PEPPER
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AT SCHOOL
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND THEIR FRIENDS
BEN PEPPER
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS IN THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE
OUR DAVIE PEPPER
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON
"TAKE RICKIE: HE BEAT, TOO, AS MUCH AS I."]
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERSAT SCHOOL
By
MARGARET SIDNEY
AUTHOR OF "FIVE LITTLEPEPPERS ABROAD," "ALITTLE MAID OF CONCORDTOWN," "SALLY, MRS. TUBBS"
_Illustrated by_
HERMANN HEYER
BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
PEPPER
TRADE-MARK
Registered in U. S. Patent Office.
_COPYRIGHT,1903, BYLOTHROPPUBLISHINGCOMPANY._
_ALL RIGHTSRESERVED_
_PUBLISHEDNOV. 1903_
_Fifty-fourth Thousand._
PREFACE
The story of young people's lives is not complete without many and broadglimpses of their school days. It was impossible to devote the space tothis recital of the Five Little Peppers' school life, in the books thatshowed their growing up. The author, therefore, was obliged unwillinglyto omit all the daily fun and study and growth, that she, loving them asif they were real children before her eyes, saw in progress.
So she packed it all away in her mind, ready to tell to all those youngpeople who also loved the Peppers, when they clamored for more storiesabout them--just what Polly and Joel and David did in their merry schooldays. Ben never got as much schooling as the others, for he insisted ongetting into business life as early as possible, in order the sooner tobegin to pay Grandpapa King back for all his kindness. But Jasper andPercy and Van joined the Peppers at school, and a right merry time theyhad of it!
And now the time seems ripe to accede to all the insistent demands fromthose who love the Five Little Peppers, that this record of their schooldays should be given. So here it is, just as they all gave it to
MARGARET SIDNEY.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. HARD TIMES FOR JOEL 9
II. THE TENNIS MATCH 24
III. A NARROW ESCAPE 35
IV. OF VARIOUS THINGS 49
V. AT SILVIA HORNE'S 60
VI. THE ACCIDENT 75
VII. THE SALISBURY GIRLS 89
VIII. "WE'RE TO HAVE OUR PICNIC!" 105
IX. ALL ABOUT THE POOR BRAKEMAN 121
X. JOEL AND HIS DOG 135
XI. THE UNITED CLUBS 154
XII. SOME EVERY-DAY FUN 173
XIII. THE PICNIC 186
XIV. MISS SALISBURY'S STORY 206
XV. THE BROKEN VASE 233
XVI. NEW PLANS 247
XVII. PHRONSIE 262
XVIII. TOM'S STORY 280
XIX. THE GRAND ENTERTAINMENT 300
XX. THE CORCORAN FAMILY 322
XXI. AT THE PLAY 346
XXII. PICKERING DODGE 368
XXIII. THE CLEMCY GARDEN PARTY 389
XXIV. THE PIECE OF NEWS 417
XXV. "THE VERY PRETTIEST AFFAIR" 435