The Camp Fire Girls; Or, The Secret of an Old MillGaris, Howard Roger
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The Camp Fire Girls; Or, The Secret of an Old Mill
Garis, Howard Roger
Camp Fire Girls -- Juvenile fiction; Haunted places -- Juvenile fiction; Mystery and detective stories
The coffee was just what Natalie needed and it sent the warm blood into
her now rather more pale than olive cheeks. She insisted on Jack and
Blake taking some of the beverage, which they consented to do. For,
though, the day was warm, their damp, clinging clothes were none too
comfortable.
“Here, wrap her in this blanket,” urged Old Hanson as he came up. “It’s
clean,” he added quickly, “I only use it as a spread for the couch. It
will keep her from getting a cold.”
Natalie gladly wound it about her, and then, looking more than ever like
an Indian maiden she was helped down to the smaller boat. Jack offered
to row her to camp, and no one disputed him the honor. Mrs. Bonnell went
with them to assist Natalie on reaching the tent. The others came on
more leisurely, the overturned canoe having been righted.
Jack never rowed so fast in his life and he was in a warm, rosy glow
when Crystal Springs was reached. Natalie, too, was much improved, and
soon, clad in warm, dry garments she was herself again. The others came
on, and then the whole affair was gone over in detail, each one telling
his or her feelings during the crucial moments.
Phil was contrition itself, but no one blamed him, though they all
agreed that they must all use more care in the future. The next day saw
no ill effects of the accident, though Natalie remained rather quietly
about camp, stretched in a barrel stave hammock the boys had made in
honor of her “convalescence,” as they called it.
“Where are you boys going?” asked Marie, a few days later, as the three
chums stopped in their repaired motor craft at the small dock of Dogwood
Camp.
“We’re going to see if we can find that Gypsy outfit,” explained Jack.
“We’re going to ask Old Hanson if he knows anything about it, and,
incidentally, we’ll take him back his blanket. He may need it. Want to
come, girls?”
“I think not,” said Mrs. Bonnell for them. “We have some work to do
about camp, and, really, if you do locate those Gypsies I think you boys
had better deal with them.”
“We’ll deal all right!” exclaimed Phil grimly. “Maybe we had better size
up their place, though, before we take the girls over. Come on,
fellows,” and after a brief stay at the camp of their friends they went
across the lake in the motor boat, which seemed to be running well.
There were many little details to be looked after about the tents, and,
as the Camp Fire Girls were working for their “degrees,” as they called
them, they divided up the tasks.
“For we will want to become Fire Makers, after our probation as Wood
Gatherers is up,” said Natalie. “Some of you can qualify under some of
the rules about knowing what to do when a person is nearly drowned,” she
added, looking fondly at her friends. “Though I can’t understand what
happened to me. I know how to swim.”
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