The Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains; Or, Bessie King's Strange Adventure

s of America were busily engaged in preparing for a friendly contest and matching of skill that had

did all the work of the camp; even the rough work, which, in any previous camping expedition of more than one or two days, men had done for them. For Miss Merce

m for themselves, and that, as a consequence, when suddenly deprived of the support of their natural helpers and protectors, many girls were in a particularly helpless and unfortunate position. So the Camp

ng Lake, but a sheer necessity, since the nights were cool, and at times chilly. This fire was never allowed to go out, but burned night and day, although, of course, it reached its full height

ould have been easy for her to impress her own personality on the girls in her charge, since they not only admired, but loved her, but she preferred the expression of their own thoughts, and she knew, also, that to accomplish her own purpose and that of the fo

at isn't so, and out there, if you notice, women play a much bigger part than they do here. Those states in the far west, across the Missi

Margery Burton, one of the

n the women did so much to make the building of our new country possible. They faced the hardships with the men. They did their share

said Dolly Ransom, or Kiama, as she was known in the ceremonial mee

lways be that way, because it has always been so. But everyone ought to have a chance to rise, no matter how poor his or her parents are. That was the idea this countr

there to do

tle money. Oh, there are all sorts of things to be made right! And one reason that some of them have gone wrong is that women who have plenty of comforts, a

once she wasn't laughing, so that her ceremonial name of Minnehaha might not have seemed appropriate. But a

ty busy thinking about ourselves, and doing things f

Miss Eleanor

n, and gets his body in fine condition. And it's the same with a man who has some mental task. If he has to pass an examination, for instance, he studies and prepares his mind. That's what we have to do; prepare our m

hey don't have to wait on people. And in some they don't. But in the stores where they do have them, the girls get more done, and one of them told me o

leases the women who come in to shop. But if you could make those store keepers see that they'd really get more work done by th

eers might have lived here,

and they didn't stop. You see, the reason this country has stayed so wild is that it

pay to plough it, after the trees

nd as in the valleys below, where there are some of the best farms in t

e beautiful, and that it's splendid for people to be able to come up

. You know what a dry summer means, don't you? You lived lo

d at all, except for little showers that didn't do any good, all through July and August, and for most of June, as we

re great storehouses of moisture, and they have a lot to do with the rain. Countries

n't they, Wanaka?" asked Dolly. "I think I read

rees store up all that moisture. But if there are no trees, it all comes down at once, in the spring, and that's

why are the trees

the land and the trees, and they never think, or seem to care, how other people are affected

suppose

ee and progressive as ours, things are managed much better. We waste a whole forest and leave the land bare and full of stumps. Then, you see, it isn't any us

manage that

ken out, there wouldn't be such a dreadful waste, and the forests would keep on growing. That's the way it is usually done abroad-in Germany, and in Russia, and pla

anything like

last few years to the need of looking after the woods better, and so I really believe that in the future things will be

he woods about here

ne of the reasons it is so well looked after is that some

I thought that was why th

d two years ago, and you never saw such a desolate spot in all your life. It's beginning to look a little better now, because,

these lovely woods to be burned up! And th

see, after a hot, dry summer, when there hasn't been much rain, the woods catch fire easily, and a small fire, if it i

aid Dolly. "It was when I was out west, and it

t to get control of that fire. It doesn't seem as if they could burn as fast as they do, but they're terrible. It's the hardest fire of a

make when we stop on the trail f

e dry leaves burning. Sometimes people see that their fire is just going out, as they think, and they don't feel that it's necessary to pour water on it and make sure that it'

might come up, and s

but look for smoke and signs of a fire. They have big telescopes, and when they see anything suspicious they make signals from one tower to the next, and tell where th

o be careful," said Dolly. "I wo

it's time to sing t