The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House; Or, Doing Their Best for the Soldiers

nd by the time the party finally reached it, both boys and girls were wondering if the

ed, as they covered the last stretch of dusty road. "We would hav

Betty reminded her cheerily. "We need a

ems to me I had a good enough appetite for two lu

walking in front with Mollie, "I see m

grinned Roy Anderson, "that we made

. "We haven't been walking more than an hour and th

o Betty, "isn't this the road where the accident happened

rson," Bett

t this about the plac

"It was on this road, but

that motorcyclist and have him punished," said Betty fervently.

ll I want is to have you repeat the first part of your spee

ng been engrossed in a little dream all his own. "Wha

Betty stoutly, adding with

sappointedly away. "If that

red him quickly. "Why, Will, if you're real go

rent again," cried Will,

ely, "I'm surprised at you. You are

erjected Frank

as Grace shot an indignant glance at him. "You were saying that if I found this mot

added, seriously: "But, really, I

o let those old motorcyclists know they can't run

door sports,"

ring into the discussion with a will. "He never even stopped to

atiently. "We can hardly go out on the broad highwa

ith unusual animation. "You could take one of u

im," added Amy eagerly. "He h

urmured Frank, but Amy re

gog

e those," int

he that looked as if it h

l. "One of the kind you stick o

"Of course you can't go holding him up at the

errupted. "Wasn't it Antony who had tim

out of school a long time," drawled G

Allen, with admirable impartiality. "And you have t

ember somebody saying a couple of hours ago that we were even then app

Mollie, for the second time. "If

ll with a grin, and Mollie made a f

ting plaintively when Betty inte

ing away from them and running

t, but it's twice as pretty. Big

ng," commented Allen

t had been his share and beginning to examine its contents wit

ing the hamper away with a vigor born of fe

the outraged Roy hotly. "Besides, t

ey can have a whole basket apiec

ing himself with outstretched arms before the two precious hampers as though he

e. "Can't we ever begin to enjoy ourselves but what somebody starts taking

nibbling a chicken bone with great relish

pickle fork threateningly. "Else in a t

ot it, too," sighe

iskly, "I'm always inte

Grace. "Unless," she added, as a second t

, as she proceeded to use the pickle fork

ty, I'd like to know?" asked Will, h

y green to set off her bright coloring. "If they don't behave like that we know they're sick or something. Do have another biscuit, Roy.

d Frank in an aggrieved tone. "Will

the crumbs from her dress and had walked down toward the road, suddenly called to

" bega

face flaming. "I couldn't have been mistaken

Amy, while the rest stared at Grace excitedl

and when he caught sight of me he sent his machine a

t the unusually vindictive expression

back and finish our lunch. Probably," he added, as they thoughtfully retraced

hed hands. "I wish I had been with yo

oys s

Roy, but Betty turned on

en interested," she continued indignantly. "If I were a man in uniform I'd show that coward that he can't knock old helples

to his feet. "Now you're talking, Betty. How

the ring in their voices, even Betty