The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest

Cleo. "We may get into trouble if we are not caref

e emergency captain. "They'll all be here at Rosabell, by e

y know the duties. I can scarcely believe that girl would actually s

r seriously. But you know there was another fire out Koto way last night, and it spoiled some lovely trees. Fa

we made the beach fire,

se. But did you see how she acted

she thinks she knows a lot of things. She certainly lives over on

re come the girls. Now we will h

ia completed the group, and presently a sum

situation was explained, and nothing sho

no one knows this

moves away when the summer folks come, all but the cleaners

eclared Grace. "I'm going down to the station

twater in a motor boat t

tactics until we run this down," declared Cleo.

rather a pretty name. He surely does

sumed Louise, "and he had the very sam

s covered with i

he could be malicious enough

ys say book-worms are queer, and surely h

p to that Looney Island

Cleo; "but what about

e say?" inq

ooney Land as the children call it, wa

y why?" as

siders children the natural judges of danger. We know better. Here we are

ng to go. How do you get

boat and row over to the island. We saw 'th

y little girl, quite unlike the timid creature discovered by

d Grace. "I suppose you had a wonderfu

rather have been to school in New York with yo

go to your Looney Land and capture the lunes. I won

lied Louise, "although it might be wel

lia, now as keen as her compan

We can't brave the waters with overhung skies.

ce. "Benny will put them in the garag

le spouts ready to empty their weight of water on the shrinking earth. The weather had been just warm enough to precipitate this sort of sho

ng frightened them inside Rosabell cottage, then from

ng and its immediate clap of thund

re than one. "Wa

e bell!" cried Grace. "Get your coats

ents as they could snatch from the clothes-tree in the hall of Rosabell, raced over to cove

boy, who was trying to outdist

d, dashing on merrily at the p

s, with keen interest. Crowds of boys, numbers of men, and a scattering of girls and children, made the scene quite a lively one, to say nothing of the shouting of the volunteer firemen-the only grade that is allowed

age. On one of the benches near the end, an old man sat huddled alone, his fishing rod was at his feet, and his b

hen the lightning struck," sa

to him and he

wer," said Helen by

," he answered, his words s

race, beginning to realize that t

, again trying to stand but ending by sink

id Julia. "We must help yo

e boat. Don't see how I'm going to make it though. That flash just did me up," and he stooped to

e. "No matter how far away it is we ca

," said the fisherman, m

t lean on some of us while the others go for a car. We will be glad to

Rosabell was the nearest cottage, and while she hurried off with Helen, Cleo and Louise a

t and shock from the lightning, he seemed leaden, as he

irls who gave him a hand." It seemed to the scouts rather odd that no one had discovered his plight until they had

ound the pier could question them, the girls had their charge in

quired the youn

all crowded in the roomy car, they st