The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp / Or, Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats

sses are you

to bring along somet

want some

s? How would it do to wear le

ike evening dresses. Where could w

ere may be a lum

to Mollie! A

a chaperone," and Mollie, who had proposed

zig-zag fashion, that it was difficult to tell who said which; in many case

ever since it was practically decided that they were to go to camp, wh

ce, "and that is that, as Amy says, we ough

ty. "If we go out in deep snow the skirt is sure t

se," admitted Mollie. "I am al

e Bill

s are coming to wear them. Why, if we wear them in the schoo

ldn't understand-I'd like it, really I would," confessed Betty. "

I'm glad we thought of those. They'll be much more comfortable than boots, and not so heavy. But what about a l

rs among the lumbermen and the residents up there, they never thought of wearing light clothes in winter. T

ess as such. Well, so much is settled. I'll make a note o

this?" and she frowned over som

r own writing?" ask

tled that we'd wear Tam-o'-Shanter affairs, or caps, so it can't be

ly the lumbermen is open. And we can send some cases of things from here. We can get fresh meat three

have all left your father's camp now-it's in the

on that store for their things. It wasn't

tty, checking them off on her list. "Of course we'll have to do considerable o

oh, yes, how are we going to ge

e. "Why can't we skate the

sandwiches along behind

. "Let's hire a sled, get up

here?" inquired Amy, glancing rather apprehensively at Grace. "You know

ared Grace with confidence. "The strip

g was going to be so nice?" murmured Mollie. "And that Alice Jallow! I met he

ever did!" cri

they were surprised, for I heard them chat

way they talked about

account-to fight my-my battles for me," faltered Amy. "I

ly. "We can look after ourselves, and I'd like to know

se!" cri

declared Grace, "and club membe

ny more than you girls do, but I do think that Alic

e should! She's a regular-cat. No other word expresses what I mean, and I

d and look

ing glance from her little chum. "We all know there isn't the least foun

asis for it," said Amy in a low vo

I didn't mean that!" she added quickly. "Don't t

Alice hurt me so, but I couldn't seem to come to it. But of

le and Aunt any more?" a

I don't think of them that w

tty wante

e I realized it and it intimated that a mistake had been made in assuming that the envelope pinned on my dress, when I was

nd address on it was found on you, why

e two babies rescu

general chorus of surpr

ft. He found the envelope lying loose near us, and as it was nearer to me he pinned it on

become known

he former incidents about it. He interviewed several who had made rescues, and this man was one. He told of having found two babies, and one paper. I kno

y!" sigh

a rather cheerless smile. "But I am getting used to it now. I

ing!" snapped Mollie, her quic

always care for me," Amy went on. "If it were not for that I don't know

assure her chum. "Only of course we know how you must

" said Amy softly. "It

e, and leave you guessing-like 'The Lady or the Tiger,'" asserted Mollie. "I can

y. "But I don't see how it can ever be k

the other baby

thorities, and, assuming that I belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Stonington, because of their address on the envelope, on my sl

baby on whom the paper was pinned, as to think tha

lease, let's talk about going camping. I

, Amy-to us!" declare

you,

y, determined to change the conversation, "is how

excuse me, but I have arrived at a most propitious time, I obse

ith rather startled

I exp

le riddle-do," urged his sister

d

ter," said Mol