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

vor, and successfully evaded the efforts of his

ine!" he mocked. "Have patience

t had a chocolate all day. Ho

me to," he

Amy blushed a "lobster red," as

them out," he added, tossing the

confided Grace, "shooting" a

e the riddle of the ice boat for us," suggested Mollie, catching

n source-likely one of his seemingly innumerable pockets. Betty said she never could understand how a boy could

ness, but Grace knew better than to try to hurry him

ever told me a thing about it."

o the Chacalott Club, down the river. They bought a new one for racing purposes, and A

e details!" protested Gra

e else did you expect?" and Will

murmured Grac

ollie. "We've got

boat," went on Will. "It isn't as comfort

. "I thought all boat

"There's no room for a cabin, but there is a sort of cockpit on t

ied Mollie. "That s

eeze the ice boat sort of rears up on its hind legs, like an auto

comfortably, and if half spill out, why so much the more

bout us?" a

u in," volunteered

tend for us to use it to go

a dandy boat-th

h a little shiver. "What poss

s not far removed from water. Hence

race. "Girls, shall we c

ll up in one load, and your suit cases, too. Trunks can go by exp

-who said so?" demande

aid. Oh, don't worry, we won't bother you," and he glared at his sister. Grace and Wi

astening to pour oil on troubled waters. "It wo

with mock heroics. "You shall be doubly rep

but did not s

, "you girls can come in the ice boat, or not,

f you," decl

ng would be lovely

thus in favor G

said. "We'll go

ither!" asserted Will a bit truculently. "We can g

Will subsided. He knew better

ile the cockpit full of fur robes, and when the wind

ang!" cr

at band-or rubber ban

nd runners, to the sails and tackle, most of it being as Greek to the girl

a better one than the Spider," declared

going to buy ano

nd it will be a surpris

ed Betty,

hen the time come

having accomplished his purpose in doing that, refused to ta

to be settled, even though the matter of foo

ed in getting Ted Franklin and his wife to go to the lumber cam

id to his daughter. "It will be near theirs, and if Will and the

to bother us. He's sure t

er yourselves. Now, about getting y

aid Grace. "We're going in the ice

rekeeper there to supply the cabin with stock provisions. The

w cutting any

daughter, who looked alarmed. "Don't worry. Only if you should happen to run across that Paddy Malone up there-that

n find him,"

somehow they got done. Betty was very busy, for though Grace had initiated the idea

ver the frozen surface before a stiff wind. And really the boys managed the Spider very well. In spite of the protest of

blew in exactly the opposite direction desired, and, after wa

d the wind shifted. It blew straight up the river toward the distant lumber camp

re piled in the forward part of the cockpit, which was well provided with rugs. Then with

his sister and her chums. "Hold fast,

es

iver. The wind caught the sail, it curved out, and

aving her hands to those wh

e!" was chorused o

eamed what a change would take place in he