THE REBELLION OF MARGARET
BY GERALDINE MOCKLER
AUTHOR OF "THE GIRLS OF ST. BEDE'S," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR TWIDLE
LONDON
JARROLD & SONS, 10 & 11, Warwick Lane, E.C.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. Margaret's Dream Friend
CHAPTER II. Margaret overhears a Conversation
CHAPTER III. Margaret starts on a Journey
CHAPTER IV. Margaret makes a Friend
CHAPTER V. Eleanor Carson
CHAPTER VI. Margaret and Eleanor change Names
CHAPTER VII. Mrs. Murray meets the Train
CHAPTER VIII. Maud Danvers
CHAPTER IX. The Danvers Family
CHAPTER X. Eleanor at Windy Gap
CHAPTER XI. A Practical Joke
CHAPTER XII. Eleanor meets Margaret's Aunt
CHAPTER XIII. Hilary turns Detective
CHAPTER XIV. The Hour of Reckoning
CHAPTER XV. An Unexpected Visitor
CHAPTER XVI. Conclusion
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"I am going for a Walk into the Town," she said, shyly
Maud swung round and saw Margaret standing with aPile of Letters by her Mother's Chair
Eleanor turned to the Piano, and ran her FingersLightly over the Keys
"That Girl," pointing a lean, accusing Finger at Eleanor,"is not my Granddaughter Margaret"
CHAPTER I
MARGARET'S DREAM FRIEND
"Margaret Anstruther! Margaret Anstruther! Margaret Anstruther!"
It was a sultry afternoon in early July. The sun was shining out of acloudless blue sky, the air was so still and so overpoweringly hot thatit seemed to have sent every living creature, save the owner of the voicethat was calling upon Margaret Anstruther, to sleep, for no answer wasreturned to the thrice repeated call, and the silence which the summonshad broken settled once more over the garden. Not a leaf on even one ofthe topmost twigs of the huge o