[Illustration: “THIS IS THE LIFE!” CRIED MOLLIE. _The Outdoor Girls Around the Campfire._ _Frontispiece--(Page 96)_] The Outdoor Girls Around the Campfire or The Old Maid of the Mountains BY LAURA LEE HOPE AUTHOR OF “THE OUTDOOR GIRLS OF DEEPDALE,” “THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE,” “THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS,” “THE BOBBSEY TWINS,” “BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE,” “SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT GRANDMA BELL’S,” “MAKE BELIEVE STORIES,” ETC. _ILLUSTRATED_ NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Made in the United States of America BOOKS FOR GIRLS BY LAURA LEE HOPE 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES THE OUTDOOR GIRLS OF DEEPDALE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT RAINBOW LAKE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A MOTOR CAR THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A WINTER CAMP THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN FLORIDA THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT OCEAN VIEW THE OUTDOOR GIRLS ON PINE ISLAND THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN ARMY SERVICE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT THE HOSTESS HOUSE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT BLUFF POINT THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT WILD ROSE LODGE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS SERIES THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT OAK FARM THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS SNOWBOUND THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS UNDER THE PALMS THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT ROCKY RANCH THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT SEA THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS IN WAR PLAYS THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES (Sixteen Titles) THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES (Thirteen Titles) SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES (Nine Titles) MAKE BELIEVE STORIES (Eleven Titles) GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY GROSSET & DUNLAP THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Plans 1 II Almost a Collision 10 III Enter the Twins 18 IV More Plans 26 V The Matter of a Will 36 VI The Little Old Lady 44 VII The Death of a Client 52 VIII Starting Adventure 60 IX Tramps 69 X A Toy Pistol 77 XI Burned Down 85 XII Making Camp 94 XIII Night in the Tent 103 XIV The Prowler 110 XV A Shadowy Bulk 119 XVI Air Mattresses 128 XVII The Old Maid of the Mountains 136 XVIII A Feast for a King 145 XIX The Storm 154 XX The Hold-Up 162 XXI Loneliness 173 XXII A Clew 179