In spite of themselves the girls and their Guardian felt a chill of fear strike to their hearts.
“Let’s call!” suggested Marie.
They united their voices in Natalie’s name, varying the summons with “Wo-he-lo!” and “Dogwood camp!”
“What’s the matter?” asked Blake, who came running over a little later.
“Natalie is missing!” exclaimed Mabel. “Oh, Blake, what could have happened to her?”
CHAPTER XXV
ON THE TRAIL
“Now, the first thing you want to do is to keep cool,” advised Blake. “Take it easy—nothing could have happened to her.”
“Oh, but you don’t know—there might,” gasped Alice.
“What is it?” asked Jack, as he and Phil came up on the run, having followed Blake when they heard the girls calling.