IV. A SUPPER PARTY 47

V. "ENOUGH IS AS GOOD AS A FEAST" 54

VI. PUTTING IT THROUGH 65

VII. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 87

VIII. CASTLES IN THE AIR 100

IX. THE ANONYMOUS LETTER 115

X. JUDITH PLAYS DETECTIVE 133

XI. FRIENDS 148

XII. EASTER HOLIDAYS 169

XIII. THE MESSENGER 186

XIV. JUDITH WINS THE TENNIS CUP 203

XV. JUNE SHOWERS 218

XVI. A TOAST TO THE SCHOOL 239

XVII. PRIZE-GIVING 259

ILLUSTRATIONS

PILLOWS WERE SORTED OUT, AND NANCY WITH THE TINY LIGHT
LED THE WAY _Frontispiece_

JUDITH WAS TUCKED UP IN A FUR ROBE IN THE CUTTER AND
OFF THEY WENT 102

JUDITH HAD TO HEAR EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HAD HAPPENED
TO NANCY SINCE THEY PARTED 182

THEN CURIOSITY URGED HER TO OPEN THE LITTLE WHITE BOX 248

JUDY OF YORK HILL

CHAPTER I

BEGINNINGS

"YES, we're nearly in," said Uncle Tom, glancing out at the flying
landscape. "There's the lake, and here comes the porter to stir up the
dust."

Judith's heart beat a little more quickly. Toronto and York Hill School
had been the centre of her thoughts for months past, and now she was
almost there and a new life ahead of her!

"I suppose you've read your 'Tom Brown,' Judy, eh? 'Like young bears
with all your troubles to come,'" quoted Uncle Tom as he left her a few
minutes later with Aunt Nell who had come to the station to meet them.
"Can't help having trouble, I'm afraid, but when you're going to be
expelled for not having solved your geometry problem, just drown your
grief in an ice-cream soda in the tuck shop"--and he dexterously
inserted a crisp bank-note into Judith's bag.

"Don't mind him, Judy, darling, he's always teasing. We'll do our
shopping first of all. I've arranged for a fitting at Madame's for you."

"Mother and Daddy sent their love," said Judith a little soberly as they
got into the waiting motor. "Yes, I think Mother seemed a little
better--and she's just sure that Florida will make her perfectly well."

Her lips quivered e