[The Jolliest School of All by Angela Brazil]@TWC D-Link bookThe Jolliest School of All CHAPTER XVII 24/27
I'll cry oceans if I don't get it," declared Peachy. "Cheer up, poor old sport! If the luck comes my way I'll try and grab it for you.
I don't need anything for myself, thank goodness." "You white angel! That's what I call being a real mascot.
I'll share my last dollar with you some day--honest Injun!" The contents of Miss Morley's theatrical property box, apportioned strictly by lot, did not go far among fifty-six girls.
Miss Rodgers allowed two of the prefects, with a teacher, to make an expedition into Fossato and rummage the shops for some yards of cheap, gay materials, imitation lace, and bright ribbons, which they were commissioned to buy on behalf of certain of their schoolfellows, but most of the dancers had to contrive their costumes out of just anything that came to hand, often exercising an ingenuity that was little short of marvelous.
Acting upon Rachel's suggestion many of them personified various continents or countries.
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