23
IV. Bearding the Lion 29
V. Nancy's Curious Experience 39
VI. The Unrivaled Scorch 47
VII. First Impressions 57
VIII. The Madame 65
IX. Cora Rathmore 74
X. Who Is She, Anyway? 84
XI. On Clinton River 99
XII. The First Advance 112
XIII. It Proves Disastrous 127
XIV. Heaps of Trouble 138
XV. A Great Deal Happens 150
XVI. It Comes to a Head 162
XVII. A Rift in the Clouds 176
XVIII. Better Times 185
XIX. The Races 202
XX. The Freshman Election 212
XXI. Senator Montgomery 222
XXII. Is it a Clue? 235
XXIII. Back To School Again 247
XXIV. The Thanksgiving Masque 260
XXV. Getting on 274
XXVI. Mr. Gordon Again 280
XXVII. The Man in Gray Again 293
XXVIII. Scorch "On the Job" 302
XXIX. All About Nancy 310
XXX. No Longer a Nobody 319

CHAPTER I

MISS NOBODY FROM NOWHERE

The girls at Higbee School that term had a craze for marking everything
they owned with their monograms. Such fads run through schools like the
measles.

Their clothing, books, tennis rackets, school-bags--everything that was
possible--blossomed with monograms, more or less ornate.

Of course, some girls' initials offered a wider scope than others' for
the expression of artistic ideas; but there wasn't a girl in the whole
school who couldn't do _something_ with her initials, save Nancy.

"N. N." What could one do with "N. N."? It was simply impossible to
invent an attractive-looking monogram wit