The Campfire Girls on Station Island; Or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht

e cried. "That surely c

ged Amy. "I

Blair will come home at once. This is s

hannon. "I know who that i

, Bertha," said Jessie

Bertha, starting for the door of

e of her," Jessie called after the worr

art. Bertha was being whisked away to Stratfordtown. The voice of Mark Stratford con

and the Shannons. "Mark Stratford does not usually give ou

s Jessie. Only

. Blair himself. That is why they send out this call, hop

o hear your name called out of t

Jessie said. "Don't you remember? Mark th

will be-until we can 'talk back' as well as receive. See! If Monty had a sending set as well as a receiving, he co

appened," Jessie said. "Let's go back home

h us," agreed Amy. "You s

their canoe, Henrietta sat amidships. She was delighted to vi

uld never see her washtubs again. Meanwhile the Costello twins and Charlie Foley had set out to walk a

ung ones," commented Amy Drew. "

any boy scouts or girl scouts or anything like that. They have them at Stratfordtown. Mrs. B

he Roselawn girls heard over the telephone when they got home again was

if he had one. But she knew how to get in touch with Mark Stratford whether he was at his home or at the offices of t

eard where she had gone," Mark Stratford said. "You know Monty Shannon is a protégé of

matter? Has Mr.

roke her leg. She will be in bed for weeks. I understand that they were planning to go away for the summer," said Mar

e heard this. "The child will be heartbroken. Without

very worst. She discussed the situation with Momsy, and before Daddy Norwood returned from town

igned the agreement. You can send the people down to make the house ready to-morrow, if you like.

l," laughed Jessie's mother. "Yo

company, I suppose?" he rejoined,

y of what had happened at the Blair home in Stratfordtown. "So that spoils it all for little Henriett

s?" he asked, his eyes twinkling. "That child is a

g head. "We have agreed to take her if you and the Blairs are willing.

ed Mr. Norwood, who made believe that his wife and daughter had "brought him up by ha

rietta and take her to Hackle, or Station, Island, while Mrs. Blair was confined to her house. As Jessie's father, along with Mr. Drew,

ood said seriously, to Jessie's mother. "Her education and improvement cannot begin

h. She was delighted to go to "her island" with Jessie and her parents. As long as she got there and could survey her domain, little Henrietta was bound to be

w bounded in. Jessie and Henrietta were upstairs in Jessie's room listening to the bedtime story. A little

adio," the freckle-faced child said, when it was over. "Do

laughing as her chum and the smal

potted Snake, the Witch, used to tell stories to Billy Foley and

come back from your island, He

aid I had a great idea about our going to Hack

onder, when we spied that crew of crazy ones

e. The Marigold is all right now. Her engines and everything are working fine. So, why do

ing to Hackle Isla

" put in Henriet

e train and then the regular boat, why not get the boys to take us all the w

be fine!" cried Jess

n him as a brother," decl

at Momsy says!" excla

e irrepressible Amy. "Come on, Hen! You want to be

biles don't run to islands-nor yet steam trains. But I hope the boat won't leak as ba