CONTENTS
[CHAPTER I HERO WORSHIP 1]
[CHAPTER II THE ACCIDENT]
[CHAPTER III THE SHADOW OF MYSTERY ]
[CHAPTER IV MRS. SANDERSON'S STORY ]
[CHAPTER V FUN AND SOLDIERS ]
[CHAPTER VI PLANNING CAPTURE ]
[CHAPTER VII A LARK IN THE OPEN ]
[CHAPTER VIII ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS ]
[CHAPTER IX THE BAYONET DRILL ]
[CHAPTER X ALARMING SYMPTOMS ]
[CHAPTER XI POLITE KIDNAPPERS ]
[CHAPTER XII WHERE LOVE IS DEAF ]
[CHAPTER XIII THE COPPERHEAD ]
[CHAPTER XIV THE REINS TIGHTEN ]
[CHAPTER XV THE FATEFUL DAY ]
[CHAPTER XVI SPARRING FOR TIME ]
[CHAPTER XVII TEARS AND PATRIOTISM ]
[CHAPTER XVIII AFTER THE BOYS LEFT ]
[CHAPTER XIX REAL TRAGEDY ]
[CHAPTER XX THE MOTORCYCLIST AGAIN ]
[CHAPTER XXI THE CHASE ]
[CHAPTER XXII STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS ]
[CHAPTER XXIII THE MIRACLE ]
[CHAPTER XXIV MYSTERY EXPLAINED ]
[CHAPTER XXV TO "CARRY ON" ]
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT THE HOSTESS HOUSE
CHAPTER I
HERO WORSHIP
"Oh, Mollie, please be careful!"
The big car skidded perilously around a sharp curve and chug-chugged merrily down the road.
"Goodness, I've been careful so long I'm afraid it will grow on me," Mollie Billette, sometimes known as "Billy," retorted, a determined set to her pretty chin. "Someway, I've got to get it out of my system."
The automobile, a big seven-passenger car, belonged to Mollie, and the four Outdoor Girls, having secured a half-holiday from their work at the Hostess House, were out for recreation.