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The Campfire Girls at Camp Keewaydin, by
Hildegard G. Frey
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Title: The Campfire Girls at Camp Keewaydin
Author: Hildegard G. Frey
Release Date: January 11, 2004 [eBook #10688]
Language: English
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The Camp Fire Girls At Camp Keewaydin
Or, Down Paddles
By Hildegard G. Frey
CHAPTER I
ON THE WAY
"All aboard!" The hoarse voice of Captain MacLaren boomed out like a fog horn, waking a clatter of echoes among the tall cliffs on the opposite shore of the river, and sending the seventy-five girls on the dock all skurrying for the _Carribou's_ gangplank at once.
"Hurry up, Hinpoha! We're getting left behind." Agony strained forward on the suitcase she was helping Hinpoha to carry down the hill and endeavored to catch up with the crowd, a proceeding which she soon acknowledged to be impossible, for Hinpoha, rendered breathless by the hasty scramble from the train, lagged farther behind with every step.
"I--can't--go--any--faster!" she panted, and abruptly let go of her end of the suitcase to fan herself with her hand. "What's the use of rushing so, anyway?" she demanded plaintively. "They won't go off without us; they can see us coming down the hill. It wasn't my
The Campfire Girls at Camp Keewaydin
by Hildegard G. Frey