E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 23645-h.htm or 23645-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/3/6/4/23645/23645-h/23645-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/3/6/4/23645/23645-h.zip) THE MOTOR MAIDS AT SUNRISE CAMP by KATHERINE STOKES Author of "The Motor Maids' School Days," "The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine," "The Motor Maids Across the Continent," "The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle," "The Motor Maids in Fair Japan," Etc. With Four Illustrations by Charles L. Wrenn [Illustration: Presently Mr. Lupo came in with a tray of cups and saucers and a pot of steaming hot coffee.--Page 29.] M. A. Donohue & Company Chicago New York Copyright, 1914, by Hurst & Company Made in U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. OFF FOR THE MOUNTAINS 5 II. THE CAMP 19 III. RULES AND REGULATIONS 34 IV. TABLE TOP 50 V. IN THE BOG 67 VI. THE DOCTOR 83 VII. PHOEBE 101 VIII. THE GYPSY COOKS 114 IX. A LESSON BY THE WAYSIDE 132 X. ALBERDINA SCHOENBACHLER 146 XI. A COMEDY OF ERRORS 162 XII. THE RETURN 177 XIII. BILLIE AND THE DOCTOR 190 XIV. CHANCE NEWS 204 XV. A WARNING 221 XVI. THE ATTACK 234 XVII. THE FORCE OF ELOQUENCE 249 XVIII. THE MORNING AFTER 262 XIX. THE MILLS OF GOD 273 XX. A LONG SLEEP 286 XXI. COMRADES OF THE ROAD 304 THE MOTOR MAIDS IN SUNRISE CAMP. CHAPTER I. OFF FOR THE MOUNTAINS. "Sunrise Camp! What next, pray tell me?" sighed Miss Helen Campbell. "But it doesn't mean getting up at sunrise, Cousin Helen," Billie Campbell assured her. "Although Papa says we would like it, once we got started. Campers always do rise with the sun. It's the proper thing to do."