CATHALINA AT GREYCLIFF
Cathalina carefully turned the boat and started shoreward. Lilian, who had her guitar, strummed a few chords.
In these chapters the author has used her own family names, to which shefancies she has a right. There are, however, some changes; it was, forinstance, a Katherine Knickerbocker who married a Van Buskirk. The “AuntKatherine” of the story is really the author’s grandmother, HarrietCathalina Van Buskirk, a granddaughter of the original Martin VanBuskirk. She taught in the Emma Willard school at Troy, New York, andmarried William Lee, nephew of Madam Willard and son of her oldestsister, Mary Hart.
To present a happy, normal school life and real girls in the midst oflife’s most delightful opportunities is the object of this series.
CHAPTER I
CATHALINA VAN BUSKIRK
The maid was doing Cathalina Van Buskirk’s sunny brown hair.
“Do it up high, Etta; it is so hot today! I hope