The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest

rious!" Thi

ashore. All field stones and rus

ig attic. It was built for a studio, and looks right over the ocean. I never

uppose," said Louise. "But you were lucky to get this, Cleo. I fancy

of these cedar beams! Fully forty feet; they go straight from one end of the hous

al dogwood tree trimmed with the most perfe

y made paper flowers-quite as if the original blooms had developed into the "everlasting" variety. A wonderful fireplace of field stones opened in the living room, and sent its tower clear to the studio

es, we may take a moment to recall the other two volumes of this series: "The Girl Scout Pioneers;

Flosston, a Pennsylvania mill town, was composed of a lively little company indeed, and these American girls were given an opportunity of working and

t a scout fantasy, and how a very modest deed won the first Bronze Cross, makes the firs

e, while spending a vacation, they discover Maid Mary, the orphan of the orchids, a child of strange fancies and queer tropical influences, w

t clouds to bring out the real beauties of the tale. The Girl Scout Series is intended to furnish the best sort of good reading in an attractive style, suited at once to the n

no cellar to the beach cottage) and on this the first day of their vacation a

ree scouts came to a halt finally on the low couch under the indoo

e is no troop here, and it is such an opportunity for good scouting, with all the wilds of the ocean and cliffs, as a background. I feel perhaps, we should orga

ve an excuse for taking rides in that airplane that goes

wear something to help out on cutting down laundry until real hot weather. Do you know, girls, there is no

mind helping out by wearing a uniform on cool days, but I don't believe I should e

race, "but now let's hie to the ne

kers were busy, opening the boarded windows, (all windows on the ocean side have to be boarded up to withst

er the rose arch over which the word "Rosabell" was wrought in rustic characters, with the rose v

believe the light dainty cottage is reall

scout meeting out here Grace. Let's hurry and organize so we can h

nd hung in wonderful gauzy draperies, almost unknown to

om," Grace told her friends.

luding star fish, the sword of a sword fish, tortoise shells, even fishing rods and queer tackle h

e would not sound quite so telephonic," she ventured. "I wondered why people left this sort of thing up in a summer cottage, where usually, they

some night while taking a stroll in his seaplane, Grace. Bett

ng station. That is where we ought to be able to apply some choice scouting," said Grace, rearrangin

igator and he is actually strong enough to sit on! Did you ever see anything so cunning?" The real little alligator or crocodile was actually standing on his short hind legs, and in his front (shal

Louise remarked, "I think this would be a partic

discovers who set off the beach barrel fuse, and comes around for vengeance some night? Whoo-pee!" a

t fire started, and the way it burned. Did any one smell oil

notice any pungent odor," declared Louise. "And now for my cottage. I

ar. Of course we are going to miss our baby Madaline, and it is a shame we cannot all come to such a lovely summer place, b

e replied, "and Julia ha

mentioned. "They may not all be quite as high-class as Julia's, but I am sure they are each perfectly fir