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THE OUTDOOR GIRLS OF DEEPDALE

OR

CAMPING AND TRAMPING FOR FUN AND HEALTH

BY LAURA LEE HOPE

1913







CONTENTS

CHAPTER

       I A FLUTTERING PAPER

      II THE TRAMPING CLUB

     III JEALOUSIES

      IV A TAUNT

       V AMY'S MYSTERY

      VI THE LEAKY BOAT

     VII TO THE RESCUE

    VIII CLOSING DAYS

      IX OFF ON THE TOUR

       X ON THE WRONG ROAD

      XI THE BARKING DOG

     XII AT AUNT SALLIE'S

    XIII THE MISSING LUNCH

     XIV THE BROKEN RAIL

      XV "IT'S A BEAR!"

     XVI THE DESERTED HOUSE

    XVII IN CHARGE

   XVIII RELIEVED

     XIX A LITTLE LOST GIRL

      XX THE BOY PEDDLER

     XXI THE LETTER

    XXII A PERILOUS LEAP

   XXIII THE MAN'S STORY

    XXIV BY TELEGRAPH

     XXV BACK HOME




THE OUTDOOR GIRLS OF DEEPDALE




CHAPTER I

A FLUTTERING PAPER


Four girls were walking down an elm-shaded street. Four girls, walking
two by two, their arms waist-encircling, their voices mingling in rapid
talk, punctuated with rippling laughter--and, now and then, as their
happy spirits fairly bubbled and overflowed, breaking into a few waltz
steps to the melody of a dreamy song hummed by one of their number. The
sun, shining through the trees, cast patches of golden light on the