The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods or, The Winnebago’s Go Camping The Camp Fire Girls at School or, The Wohelo Weavers The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring or, Along the Road That Leads the Way The Camp Fire Girls’ Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door The Camp Fire Girls on Ellen’s Isle or, the Trail of the Seven Cedars The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit or, Over The Top With the Winnebago’s The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventures at Carver House The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin or, Down Paddles
Copyright, 1917
By A. L. Burt Company
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS’ LARKS AND PRANKS
SHE WAS NUMB FROM THE COLD AND VERY NEARLY ASLEEP WHEN THE CAPTAIN FOUND HER.
The Camp-Fire Girls’ Larks and Pranks. [Page 178.]
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS’
LARKS AND PRANKS
CHAPTER I
THE HOUSE OF THE OPEN DOOR
It was the crisp chill of an early October evening; in the still air the dead leaves came rustling down with a soft sound like whispers, while the crickets chirped a cheery welcome from the waiting earth. Over the treetops a big yellow hunter’s moon was rising; its comical face grinning good-naturedly. It looked down on the dark outlines of a large barn standing in the shadow of a tall tree and the grin widened perceptibly. Evidently something was happening on earth.