Nan, advised by her former teacher in Tillbury, had brought her
books to Pine Camp, and had studied faithfully along the lines of
the high school work. She was sure she could pass quite as good
an entrance examination for Lakeview Hall as Bess could.
And at last good news came from Scotland:
"I am not quite ready to bring Momsey home," Papa Sherwood wrote.
"But the matter of her fortune is at least partially settled.
The claims of the other relatives have been disallowed. Mr.
Andrew Blake is prepared to turn over to your Momsey a part of
her wonderful fortune. The rest will come later. She will tell
you all about it herself.
"What I wish to say to you particularly in this letter," pursued
Mr. Sherwood, "is, that arrangements have been made for you to
attend Lakeview Hall this coming semester. You will meet your
friend, Elizabeth Harley, in Chicago, and will go with her to the
school. I am writing by this mail to the principal of the Hall.
Mr. Harley has made all other necessary arrangements for you."
"Oh!" cried Nan, clasping her hands. "It"s too good to be true!
It can't be possible! I just know I'll wake up in a minute and
find all this an exciting dream, and that's all!"
But Nan was wrong on that point, as the reader will see if her
further adventures are followed in the next volume of the series,
entitled, "Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall, or, The Mystery of the
Haunted Boathouse.
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