Chapter I: Front Matter

_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

XXIII The Lean-to 186

XXIV Romance 195

XXV Young Hearts 206

THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE