Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: “I Am a Stranger in This Locality,” He Explained.] THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AT HALF MOON LAKE BY MARGARET VANDERCOOK Author of “The Ranch Girls” Series, “The Red Cross Girls” Series, etc. ILLUSTRATED PHILADELPHIA THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. PUBLISHERS Copyright 1921, by The John C. Winston Company STORIES ABOUT CAMP FIRE GIRLS List of Titles in the Order of their Publication The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill The Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snows The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World The Camp Fire Girls Across the Sea The Camp Fire Girls’ Careers The Camp Fire Girls in After Years The Camp Fire Girls at the Edge of the Desert The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines The Camp Fire Girls on the Field of Honor The Camp Fire Girls in Glorious France The Camp Fire Girls in Merrie England The Camp Fire Girls at Half Moon Lake CONTENTS Chapter Page I. Indian Summer 7 II. Half Moon Lake 19 III. Old Friends 29 IV. The Hermit 43 V. A Conversation and a Loss 57 VI. “A Man for a’ That” 72 VII. Friendship 83 VIII. Midwinter 92 IX. The Poet’s Corner 107 X. Holiday Guests 116 XI. Juliet Temple 128 XII. Friends That Were 142 XIII. Anxious Waiting 154 XIV. Christmas Eve 162 XV. Romance 173 XVI. An Encounter 195 XVII. Closed In 204 XVIII. Spring 212 ILLUSTRATIONS