The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest

ulled into the little boat landing. "I'll take the next boat across, a

ere he lived, and why they couldn't drive him directly to his place. But to all their inquir

y won't you let us drive around there with you? You know

d, and the girls noticed his voice was al

at Luna Island?" qu

e must take things as they come. There'

bled and almost fell into the seat under the dripping canopy. Captain Jennings propped the leather cushions under

oney Land," remarked Julia. "It seems to me w

ew," admitted Cleo. "But this

he island then?" remarked Louise. "That

one ever hear of 'No Scout's Land?' That's the b

rom there," said Julia. "Every one but Bentley. Wo

e," declared Margaret. "The ve

utline it in his face when he reminded me of my own wild, but adorable little brother Ben. Of

says we might better all be in a hotel or boarding ho

our scout meeting," suggested Cleo. "

of the Log Cabin, and on the spacious rustic porch

I think you should keep records. When our summ

Grace, preparing pen

protect ourselves as well as others. Now, how do we know it is

e," spoke up Mary, who was now a professed Tenderfoot.

uriosity," declared Louise sagely. "That would be silly, even if pardonable, and I do

his fire-bug thing, directly we struck the place, and its evidence has been piling up ev

ver might pick it up, and we happened to be the 'whoevers'" said

and?" asked Helen, who, having come down late was not e

oint that way, and we must run down that clue first. Besides, it is very strange how ev

the hotel this evening, if you are free from other engagements? We are going to have

asked Grace. "Wha

d you can wear whatever y

ould advertise the scouts, and it's l

k has moved off the earth nothing seems to have really taken the un

e can't out-do the other in togs. I love that," decla

keen with the anticipation of

matter of pressing uniforms, for even "going as a troop" would mean public inspection. Yet this amount of

th quite an imposing ceremony a few hours later; and if Grace and Cleo wanted to

nstance Hastings, who was also distantly related to Cleo, through the marriage

lked in in pairs. Grace and Cleo led, then came Margaret and Louise, Julia and Helen, besides Isabel Gantor and Elizabe

t so, and her gray eyes and fair hair were really "a lot prettier." Grace had better be careful or she would get stout, why not roll on t

ittle Elizabeth. "I'm simply warped from bei

s would some day put her in the class of distinguished foreigners, but when she protested that Irish are not so considere

d further exchange of compliments or criticism

s, in fact, most steps were then executed wi

ly concocted for big summer hotels; and resting between dances our girls had plenty of

ned to be the tallest of the scouts, and he asked her if they would favor the company

"we could not do anything in public as a troop without permission. And while

tering to be asked

ested Mary. "We will have a beaut

he scenic effect entertained them, on the spa