Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover art] [Illustration: Gill Rejoined Him and Was Attempting to Fix Her Hair] *THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS BY THE BLUE LAGOON* *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 an 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 The Camp Fire Girls by the Blue Lagoon PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. *CONTENTS* I. The City of Towers II. The Generations III. Future Plans IV. Natural History V. Renunciation VI. The Box Party VII. The Apartment VIII. The Enigma IX. The House by the Blue Lagoon X. One Night XI. The Same Evening XII. The Camp Fire XIII. The Following Day XIV. An Interview XV. Twisted Coils XVI. The Disappearance XVII. The Return XVIII. The Eternal Way *ILLUSTRATIONS* Gill Rejoined Him and Was Attempting to Fix Her Hair . . . Frontispiece "My Dear Mother, What a Sentimentalist You Are" "I Wonder if I Shall Ever Make You Understand How Dull You Are on One Particular Subject" "I Was Never So Disappointed in Any Human Being in My Life, Sally, As I Am in You" *The Camp Fire Girls by the Blue Lagoon* *CHAPTER I* *THE CITY OF TOWERS*