Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. [Illustration: _DECORATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL._] The Woodcraft Girls in the City BY LILLIAN ELIZABETH ROY AUTHOR OF THE WOODCRAFT GIRLS AT CAMP, LITTLE WOODCRAFTER’S BOOK, THE POLLY BREWSTER BOOKS, Etc. ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Acknowledgments are made to Mrs. M. F. Hoisington for the photographs; to G. Shirmer, Music Publishers, for “Our America”; to W. V. Becker for the legends from his “Folk-lore Stories”; to _Christian Science Sentinel_ for “Items of Interest,” and to other friends who co-operated to make this book interesting to young readers. Contents · CHAPTER ONE—CAMPING IN THE CITY · CHAPTER TWO—THE NEW MEMBERS · CHAPTER THREE—HEARD IN THE “SCENIC FOREST” · CHAPTER FOUR—THE ESKIMO INDIAN LEGEND · CHAPTER FIVE—A PRIZE CHEST · CHAPTER SIX—THE LOST CAMPERS · CHAPTER SEVEN—CAMPING SPORTS OF A WEEK-END · CHAPTER EIGHT—QUIET WAYS FOR SUNDAY · CHAPTER NINE—A RAINY WEEK-END CAMP · CHAPTER TEN—IN FALLING LEAF MOON · CHAPTER ELEVEN—CAMP AT ALPINE FALLS · CHAPTER TWELVE—A BIRTHDAY COUNCIL ON HALLOW E’EN · CHAPTER THIRTEEN—INDOOR WOODCRAFT ENTERTAINMENT · CHAPTER FOURTEEN—WINTER WOODCRAFT WORK · CHAPTER FIFTEEN—SOME WEEK-END CAMPS · CHAPTER SIXTEEN—THE ADIRONDACK CAMP CHAPTER ONE—CAMPING IN THE CITY “Girls—guess what?” exclaimed Zan Baker, a few days after the return of the Woodcraft Band from their summer camp on Wickeecheokee Farm. “Goodness only knows what you have to tell now!” laughed Jane Hubert, another of the five girls who founded Wako Tribe. “Well, I got it direct, so the truth hasn’t been turned or twisted by any one of you girls before it was passed along,” retorted Zan, with a gleam of mischief in her eyes. “Oh, is that so! Well let me tell you this much: if I had the rare imagination that you have, Zan, I’d compete with Jules Verne,” replied Hilda Alvord, the matter-of-fact member of the Band. “Judging from the talent Zan has in telling stories it won’t surprise us very much to hear she is a popular authoress,” teased Nita Brampton, the social aspirant of the group. “I’ll illustrate Zan’s books,” quickly added Elena Marsh, the fifth member of the Woodcrafters. “Sort of shine in my reflected glory, eh?” laughed Zan, good-naturedly, for all the girls enjoyed this form of badinage.