The Camp Fire Girls at the Seashore
Or, Bessie King's Happiness
Camp Fire Girls Series, Volume VI
By JANE L. STEWART
The Saalfield Publishing Company
Chicago Akron, Ohio New York
Copyright, 1914
By The Saalfield Publishing Company
They had hearty appetites for the camp breakfast.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS SERIES
The Camp Fire Girls at the Seashore
CHAPTER I
FROM THE ASHES
The sun rose over Plum Beach to shine down on a scene of confusion andwreckage that might have caused girls less determined and courageousthan those who belonged to the Manasquan Camp Fire of the Camp FireGirls of America to feel that there was only one thing to do—pack upand move away. But, though the camp itself was in ruins, there were nosigns of discouragement among the girls themselves. Merry laughter viedwith the sound of the waves, and the confusion among the girls was moreapparent than real.
"Have you got everything sorted, Margery—the things that are completelyruined and those that are worth saving?" asked Eleanor Mercer, theGuardian of the Camp Fire.
"Yes, and there's more here that we can save and still use than anyonewould have dreamed just after we got the fire put out," replied MargeryBurton, one of the older girls, who was a Fire-Maker. In the Camp Firethere are three ranks—the Wood-Gatherers, to which all girls belongwhen they join; the Fire-Makers, next in order, and, finally, theTorch-Bearers, of which Manasquan Camp Fire had none. These rank next tothe Guardian in a Camp Fire, and, as a rule, there is only one in eachCamp Fire. She is a sort of assistant to the Guardian, and, as the nameof the rank implies, she is supposed to hand on the light of what theCamp Fire has given her, by becoming a Guardian of a new Camp Fire assoon as she is qualified.
"What's next?" cried Bessie King, who had been working with some of theother girls in sorting out the things which could be used, despite thedamage done by the fire that had almost wiped out the camp during thenight.
"Why, we'll start a fire of our own!" said Eleanor. "There's no sort ofuse in keeping any of this rubbish, and the best way to get rid of it isjust to burn it. All hands to work now