THE NOWADAYS GIRLS IN THE ADIRONDACKS OR THE DESERTED BUNGALOW ON SARANAC LAKE By GERTRUDE CALVERT HALL ILLUSTRATED BY E. C. CASWELL NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY CONTENTS I THE NOWADAYS CLUB II A TELEGRAM III PREPARATIONS IV "WATCH YOUR STEP!" V IN SYRACUSE VI THE MISSING EMERALD VII OVERBOARD VIII THE GOLF BALL IX ONWARD X A NIGHT OUT XI TROUBLE XII THE MOTOR BOAT XIII BY THEMSELVES XIV A DISMAL PROSPECT XV A LONELY NIGHT XVI THE LOON XVII IN CAMP XVIII CANOEING XIX THE MASQUERADE XX THE MYSTIC MOON XXI THE MYSTERY DEEPENS XXII BAD NEWS XXIII AT SARANAC XXIV WORRIMENT XXV MAKING PLANS XXVI A LONELY PLACE XXVII THE DESERTED BUNGALOW XXVIII MISSING XXIX A SLEEPLESS NIGHT XXX A GENERAL ALARM XXXI THE SEARCH XXXII LOST XXXIII UNEXPECTED HELP XXXIV FOUND XXXV RECOVERY ILLUSTRATIONS "We certainly are doing it in style!" murmured Hazel. Sylvia presently found herself whirling through it with a Spaniard who danced wonderfully well. Sylvia and her chums were all in better spirits now that they were actually on their way to see Roy. "Look! Look!" Sylvia whispered. THE NOWADAYS GIRLS IN THE ADIRONDACKS CHAPTER I THE NOWADAYS CLUB The chugging taxicab stopped in front of the apartment on Central Park, West, and the uniformed door attendant bowed out of it, and into the marble vestibule, a demure girl with rosy cheeks. "Miss Pursell?" she asked, and there was that in her voice which made the elevator boy look a second time; and he was not unused to seeing pretty girls and hearing them speak.