Produced by an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer THE MOTOR GIRLS SERIES by MARGARET PENROSE Author of the highly successful "Dorothy Dale Series" 12mo. Illustrated. Price per volume, 75 cents, postpaid. Since the enormous success or our "Motor Boys Series," by Clarence Young, we have been asked to get out a similar series for girls. No one is better equipped to furnish these tales than Mrs. Penrose, who, besides being an able writer, is an expert automobilist. THE MOTOR GIRLS ON A TOUR CONTENTS I A SPOILED DINNER. II THE WOODLAND CONFERENCE. III "NO BOYS!" IV THE STRANGE PROMISE. V A LITTLE BROWN WREN VI THE HOLD-UP VII A CHANCE MEETING. VIII JACK AND CLIP IX THE MYSTERIOUS RIDE. X "THEY'RE OFF!" XI THOSE DREADFUL BOYS. XII THE GIRL IN THE DITCH XIII AT THE GROTTO XIV THE PROMISE BOOK LOST XV ROB ROLAND XVI A STRANGE MESSAGE XVII THE ROAD TO BREAKWATER XVIII THE CLUE. XIX PAUL AND HAZEL XX AT THE MAHOGANY SHOP XXI PERPLEXITIES XXII THE CHILDREN'S COURT XXIII THE MOTOR GIRLS ON THE WATCH. XXIV CORA'S RESOLVE. XXV A WILD RUN XXVI LEGAL STRATEGY XXVII AGAINST THE LAW XXVIII CONFIDENCES XXIX MERRY MOTOR MAIDS XXX THE PROMISE KEPT THE MOTOR GIRLS ON A TOUR CHAPTER I A SPOILED DINNER The big maroon car glided along in such perfect rhythm that Cora Kimball, the fair driver of the Whirlwind, heard scarcely a sound of its mechanical workings. To her the car went noiselessly--the perfection of its motion was akin to the very music of silence. Hazel Hastings was simply sumptuous in the tonneau--she had spread every available frill and flounce, but there was still plenty of unoccupied space on the luxuriously cushioned "throne." It seemed a pity to passers-by that two girls should ride alone on that splendid morning in the handsome machine--so many of those afoot would have been glad of a chance to occupy the empty seats. Directly following the Whirlwind came another car--the little silver Flyaway. In this also were two girls, the Robinson twins, Elizabeth and Isabel, otherwise Belle and Bess. Chelton folks were becoming accustomed to the sight of these girls in their cars, and a run of the motor girls was now looked upon as a daily occurrence. Bess Robinson guided her car with unmistakable skill--Cora Kimball was considered an expert driver. Sputtering and chugging close to the Flyaway came a second runabout. In this were a girl and a boy, or, more properly speaking, a young lady and a young gentleman. As they neared the motor girls Bess called back to Belle: "There come Sid and Ida. I thought they were not on speaking terms." "They were not, but they are now," answered Belle with a light laugh. "Why should a girl turn her back on a young man with a brand new machine?"