[Gutenberg 34749] • The Girls of Central High on Track and Field / Or, The Champions of the School League
- Authors
- Morrison, Gertrude W.
- Tags
- competition -- juvenile fiction , track and field for women -- juvenile fiction , childrens , mystery and detective stories , high school students -- juvenile fiction , schools -- juvenile fiction , romanies -- juvenile fiction
- Date
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.23 MB
- Lang
- en
As a group of Central High girls hike in the woods, a gypsy girl is seen running, pursued by a man and a vicious-looking dog. Soon after, the girls stumble into the gypsy camp. A gypsy woman tricks the girls into revealing that they saw the girl, and the gypsies threaten the girls. Fortunately, a farmer drives along on the nearby road, and the girls escape.
The gypsy girl is spotted again by Bobby Hargrew and others, and reveals that her name is Margit Salgo. Margit is looking for a Central High teacher whose name is on a card that her gypsy captors possess. Apparently this teacher has a connection to Margit's family...