[Gutenberg 8137] • The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross / Or, Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause
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- Authors
- Morrison, Gertrude W.
- Tags
- red cross and red crescent -- juvenile fiction , high school students -- juvenile fiction , childrens
- Date
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.85 MB
- Lang
- en
While balancing her father's books, Laura finds a bill printed as a $50 bill on one side and as a $100 bill on the other. Mr. Belding insists that Chet make up the difference as he was the one who accepted the bill as payment. Shortly, Laura and Chet leave the store and witness an automobile run down a man! Chet insists that the injured man is the one who palmed the odd bill. Chet can do nothing, since the man is badly injured and suffers from amnesia.
In the meantime, Laura becomes acquainted with Janet Steele, a girl who works for the Red Cross. The Girls of Central High decide to perform a play to benefit the Red Cross. All goes well, except Miss Carrington tries to interfere at every turn as she disapproves of the play that is chosen...