E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, J. P. W. Fraser, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/c/) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 20324-h.htm or 20324-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/0/3/2/20324/20324-h/20324-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/0/3/2/20324/20324-h.zip) THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT BLUFF POINT Or A Wreck and a Rescue by LAURA LEE HOPE Author of "The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale," "The Moving Picture Girls," "The Bobbsey Twins," "Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue," "Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's," 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 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 (Twelve Titles) THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES (Eight Titles) SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES (Five Titles) GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK * * * * * Copyright, 1920, By Grosset & Dunlap THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT BLUFF POINT CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I TO THE FRONT 1 II BAD NEWS 11 III MAKING PLANS 17 IV GRACE SURPRISES HER CHUMS 27 V A PROBLEM SOLVED 37 VI LIFE AND DEATH 47 VII THE RACE 56 VIII RED RAGS 65 IX THUNDER AND MUD 75 X THE KNIGHT OF THE WAYSIDE 85 XI MYSTERY 95 XII NEARLY AN ACCIDENT 104 XIII OUTWITTING A CRANK 114 XIV BLUFF POINT AT LAST 123 XV THE TELEGRAM 132 XVI THE SHADOW OF DISASTER 142 XVII JOE BARNES AGAIN 152