The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge

Takes

cupancy, and as a relief for their impatience they filled in the time in hiking,

t invariably returned to one of two subjects--the return of t

old man, both because of the service he had done them and the fact that he was watching and

call it in the woods," Amy said one day as she and the girls sauntered down to the

Mollie commented. "Why, I go almost mad when

were walking slowly out upon it. "If he did, it must have been dreadfully hard for him. It makes me shiver to think o

athy quickly roused by the picture Betty ha

g or killed," Mollie reminded them soberly. "We kno

adding with a sudden change of subject: "But away with dull care. The sun is shining and here's our f

nd adventure, as the other girls tumbled aboard. "I'd say she didn't look very much like a fairy bo

in a comfortable chair on deck. "I haven't noticed you waving a

I remember suggesting that the Gem needed grooming the other day. Whe

itable box of chocolates from her pocket and opening it lovingl

, started to reply but Betty interrupted her with a shout. She had st

le Captain wickedly. "We'd rather not

foot of space between the dock and the boat and landed square in the middle of Grace's astonished and outraged lap. She would have sat on the candy box, too, and

for a moment, while, at the comical picture she made, b

h and her dignity at the same moment. "If you don't stop sitting on my

d to her feet and shook ou

Grace Ford, and I've a good mind to let you

ive victim, and Betty stopped la

You can't give Gracie a ducking without ruining her dress and she

and plumped herself down cross-leg

ared darkly at Grace: "You will probably ne

eplied with unex

this minute. Look at what you have done to my best sport skirt.

o tell me where you want to go," Betty requested, "

kirt gloomily. "We are just trying to kill time this afternoon a

deck and going over to Betty who still had the wheel. "Maybe we can get some

empted but a l

protested. "There are so many other boats driven by Percy Falco

e afraid," Mollie started, but stopped a

he said. "I'll take you in there since you want it, bu

r," said Grace nervously. "We all know there is danger of a collision over a

pt to this side of the river, Betty," urged

ugh by this time to know that she would take us over to the Point now, after what

more than a little bit anxious and was beginning

ho denied him nothing so that he had been able to gather together a few kindred spirits among whom he was the leader. All the regular boys and girls in town thoroughly disliked "the set," but

ason as well as the very real danger of a collision with a recklessly driven boat tha

e sparkling water like a gull, bringing a flush of pure excitement and pleasure to the faces of t

were becoming more numerous and Betty slackened speed. Her breath came more quickly and her hands tightened on th

ere being navigated carefully, but now and then a small, fast speed-craft would shoot out from behind another s

had seemed impossible to avoid a

you think we had

ied with a que

d as back now. We'll be the

nd driven recklessly slipped out from behind a sailboat and drove directly down