Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS ON THE EDGE OF THE DESERT

BY
MARGARET VANDERCOOK

Author of “The Ranch Girls” Series,
“The Red Cross Girls” Series, etc.

ILLUSTRATED

PHILADELPHIA
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1917, by
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

STORIES ABOUT CAMP FIRE GIRLS

Eight Volumes

THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AT SUNRISE HILL
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AMID THE SNOWS
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS ACROSS THE SEA
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS’ CAREERS
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN AFTER YEARS
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS ON THE EDGE OF THE DESERT
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AT THE END OF THE TRAIL

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. FLOWER OF GOLD 7
II. DREAM PLACES 21
III. THE HUMAN EQUATION 31
IV. THE APRIL WOODS 42
V. OBSERVATION 55
VI. EXPERIENCE 67
VII. SUNSET PASS 77
VIII. AT THE DESERT’S EDGE 92
IX. UNDERCURRENTS 109
X. THE RIDE 121
XI. DAWN LIGHT 139
XII. THE PAINTED DESERT 153
XIII. THE ETERNAL FEMININE 166
XIV. ANTAGONISMS 177
XV. THE STORM 190
XVI. AFTER EFFECTS 205
XVII. MISTAKES 223
XVIII. THE INDIAN VILLAGE 238
XIX. READJUSTMENTS 255
XX. UNDERSTANDING 268

ILLUSTRATIONS

VERA’S MOVEMENT HAD BEEN TOO QUICK _Frontispiece_
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BILLY GAVE AN UPWARD LEAP 50
A SECOND TIME THE INDIAN PICKED UP BETTINA 146
THE GREAT MASS WRIGGLED AND CURVED 253

The Camp Fire Girls on the Edge of the Desert