The Camp Fire Girls at the Seashore

w what a nasty temper I've got. If she keeps on ta

, Dolly. I believe she wants a good quarre

hink she likes

n't be any fun in it for her if

ked very

finally. "Of course you're right, Bessie. If we didn't pay any attentio

g it would take you

t would be as well to let the other girls think that Gladys shared the friendly feelings of the other Halsted girls. And since Bessie and Dolly happened to

at Lake Dean nothing would have happened unless th

t if she won't be friends, she won't and that's all there is to it. And I don't see why I should worry

herself think that she is doing a great favor to people when she makes friends of t

g invitation to stay for the evening meal, but Trenwith seemed

f feeling so. "But I do sort of think that Charlie and I ought to keep after this

e don't know enough, you see. But maybe when I get up to the city, I'll find out more. I'll go over the facts wit

all you girls out here are in danger as a result of this man's villainy. If he doe

if he exposes himself to punishment," said Charlie Jamieson. "That's the chief reason he's

ay will have to stand trial, just as if they were friendless criminals. If what you say about him is so, he'l

ole lot safer with a telephone right here on the beach. Being half a mile

s, on which a wire was strung, l

y. "I don't see how you got t

istrict attorney," laughed Jamieson. "When he says a thing

s quiet efficiency appealed to her. She liked men who did things, and Trenwith was essentially of that type. He didn't talk much about his plans; he let results speak for him. And, at the same t

so intimate with a girl that they take a brother's place, never do seem able to understand that she may have the same attraction for other men that the sisters and the cousins of the other

the previous night, there seemed a reasonable chance of a little peace, but the price of freedom from the annoyance caused by Holmes was constant vigilance, and there was work

to do it. They're all Wood-Gatherers, you see. So we'll have to light the fire for them, anyhow. See, they're at work already, bringing in th

ive them their rings, Miss Eleanor?

the Camp Fire than she is. She's given me the rings. I think it's

They're all ready and they want us to fo

the fire, Margery.

anor. Shall I go ahead

s,

easure toward the dark pile of wood that represented the fire that was so soon to blaze up. As they walke

between each pair of girls. Eleanor took her place in the centre, facing Margery, who now stood up, lifting a torch that she had lighted above her head. As she t

lo mea

wo-he-lo

for love is th

and joy an

and all de

joy of ser

lf is f

lo mea

ther and unseen voices j

-lo f

-lo f

-he-lo, wo-h

ur of the waves seemed amazingly loud. Then, thei

lo for

r voices rising grad

lo for

the rhythm, all the g

-he-lo, wo-h

e her head, while she swung it slowly in

Fi

s fought with great animals yo

cold of the cruel w

changed the flesh of beast

ysterious flame has been a

in grateful remembrance of the

and Eleanor called the roll, giving each gi

e, fringed with beads, slipped into the cir

ame, "I bring to-night these newcomers to the Camp Fire, to

was received by Eleanor, who explained to each some new point of the Law of the Fire, so that all might learn. And to e

the sinews wh

e brought fr

these others,

herever you

s the fagot

your deep

he truth tha

the law o

bout the fire, each one finding a place between two of the Manasquan girls.

s could ever have laughed at the Camp Fire! But, of course, we did

t wherever you go, you'll find friends wherever there's a Camp Fire-that you can show your ring, and be

o know how beautiful it is. I'm so glad you girls were here for this first Council Fire o

, and the ceremony that are so beautiful-not the way we do it. Every Camp Fire has its own way of doing things. For instanc

d. I never had any idea

ano to accompany her. Mine doesn't-I'm all right to sing in a crowd, but when I try to sing by myself, it's j

all in now?"

of new candidates before Eleanor. But, even as

Cooper," said Marcia

here is to the Camp Fire now

r desire?" a

amp Fire," said Gladys, in a mechanical, sing-song voice, entirel

ndignantly. "Just listen! She's repeating t

ard her

Hold on to health, Glorify work, Be happy. Thi

you to understand this point of the law. It is the most important of all, perhaps. It means that you m

n't care anything about these other girls. And, Miss Mercer, all that you're going to say in a minute

for a moment. Mary Turner l

d Eleanor, finally. "And more than that, you

e!" said Gladys. "I

it to receive your