Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) [Illustration: Sometimes they were on the edge of such dizzy heights that Miss Campbell held her breath.] THE MOTOR MAIDS ACROSS THE CONTINENT BY KATHERINE STOKES AUTHOR OF “THE MOTOR MAIDS’ SCHOOL DAYS,” “THE MOTOR MAIDS BY PALM AND PINE,” ETC. NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1911, BY HURST & COMPANY CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Westward Ho! 5 II. Peter 22 III. In Search of a Dinner 33 IV. The Three Wishes 48 V. An Incident of the Road 67 VI. Under the Stars 81 VII. Barney M’Gee 92 VIII. Cutting the Bonds 106 IX. The Girl from the Golden West 117 X. Steptoe Lodge 130 XI. The Hawkes Family 146 XII. Into the Wilderness 156 XIII. Hot Air Sue 168 XIV. On the Road Again 177 XV. In the Robbers’ Nest 190 XVI. In the Rockies 206 XVII. Salt Lake City 218 XVIII. David and Goliath 229 XIX. A Day of Surprises 242 XX. The Elopement 258 XXI. A Meeting in the Desert 270 XXII. A Bit of Old Italy 280 XXIII. A Change of Heart 292 XXIV. San Francisco at Last 301 THE MOTOR MAIDS ACROSS THE CONTINENT CHAPTER I.—WESTWARD HO! “At my age, too,” began Miss Helen Campbell, leaning back in her seat and folding her hands with an expression of resignation. “At your age, what, dear cousin?” demanded Wilhelmina Campbell, superintending the strapping on at the back of the car of five extra large suit cases and other paraphernalia for a long trip. “Why should not things happen at your age as well as at ours? But at your age, what?”