rm Friendship=: A School Story.
"No girl could fail to be interested in this
book."--=Educational News.=

=The Manor House School.=
"One of the best stories for girls we have seen for a
long time."--=Literary World.=

=The Nicest Girl in the School.=

=The Third Class at Miss Kaye's=: A School Story.

=The Fortunes of Philippa=: A School Story.

LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.

[Illustration: AN ALARMING DISCOVERY]

A Fourth Form
Friendship

A School Story

BY

ANGELA BRAZIL

Author of "The New Girl at St. Chad's" "The Manor House School"
"The Nicest Girl in the School" &c.

_ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK E. WILES_

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED

LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

Contents

Chap. Page

I. ALDRED'S SKETCH 9

II. MABEL FARRINGTON 27

III. THE MODEL COTTAGE 43

IV. DOMESTIC ECONOMY 60

V. OUT OF BOUNDS 75

VI. AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT 88

VII. FALSE COLOURS 102

VIII. AMATEUR THEATRICALS 116

IX. CHINESE LANTERNS 127

X. A FROSTY JANUARY 139

XI. VENUS IN THE SNOW 152

XII. THE NEW TEACHER 166

XIII. ALDRED PAYS A VISIT 186

XIV. AN ALARM 200

XV. ON THE RIVER 214

VI. AN OPPORTUNITY 227

XVII. LOSS AND GAIN 245

Illustrations

Page

AN ALARMING DISCOVERY _Frontispiece_ 134

ALDRED OVERHEARS A SURPRISING STORY 38

"WITH A SHRIEK SHE DREW SWIFTLY BACK" 65

FOUR UNHAPPY TRUANTS 97

"'I THINK I UNDERSTAND,' SAID ALDRED" 183

A FOURTH FORM FRIENDSHIP

CHAPTER I

Aldred's Sketch

"Two pencils, an india-rubber, a penknife, camp stool, easel, paint-box,
a tube of Chinese white, a piece of sponge, paint rag, and water tin,"
said Aldred Laurence, checking each item off on her fingers. "Let me
see! Can I possibly want anything else? It's so extremely aggravating to
get to a place and find you've left at home what you most particularly
need. My block,