The Woodcraft Girls at Camp

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Roy Lillian Elizabeth. The Woodcraft Girls at Camp

CHAPTER ONE. THE CHOSEN LAND

CHAPTER TWO. CHOOSING A CAMP SITE

CHAPTER THREE. DISCOVERY OF THE "THINKERATOR"

CHAPTER FOUR. TRIBULATIONS OF THE CAMPERS

CHAPTER FIVE. SOME AMAZING THINGS IN NATURE

CHAPTER SIX. THE MUTINY OF NITA

CHAPTER SEVEN. WINNERS IN HOME-COOK AND MOKODASSO-WININI DEGREES

CHAPTER EIGHT. WHAT HAPPENED DURING A THUNDER STORM

CHAPTER NINE. WICKEE AND CHEOKEE JOIN THE CAMP

CHAPTER TEN. THE LETTER THAT SAVED NITA

CHAPTER ELEVEN. STAR GAZING FROM PINE NOB

CHAPTER TWELVE. NITA'S ESCAPADE AND REFORMATION

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN CAMP

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. RAINY DAYS AND WOODCRAFT LORE

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. THE THUNDER BIRD SPEAKS

CHAPTER SIXTEEN. THE COUNCIL FIRE BURNS ON THE DROSS

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Boxes were shipped, tents and cots had been sent, and the hundred and one last items always remembered on the day of departure had been attended to, when Miss Miller met her five charges at the Pennsylvania Terminal, where they expected to take a train to reach the junction in New Jersey. At Junction they would have to change and take a local train before arriving at the insignificant station ten miles from Wickeecheokee Farm.

As the train whizzed by well-cultivated farms, magnificent estates, and later, through beautiful, wooded hills, fertile valleys, and over sparkling waters, the bevy of eager girls exclaimed delightedly at every new scene. A recent shower had cleared the atmosphere, and the verdure shone a brilliant green in the bright sunshine. Birds soared high above tree-tops, singing joyously, while cattle moved leisurely, grazing over the pastures seen in passing.

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Just before them, a rocky ledge projected over the Falls about ten feet above the lower level of the water. The Falls were only six feet from top to bottom, where the water formed a lovely pool. On the opposite bank, the ground rose gradually to about five feet above the water, and this bank was thickly carpeted with moss and bitter-sweet vines. The woods began with a close array of trees a few feet back from the stream, the straight timber presenting a dauntless front to the mites who stood gazing at them in admiration.

The Bluff, as Zan said the ledge of rock was called, extended from the Falls back forty feet to the pathway, finally burying itself under moss and thick grass, just where the girls stood. Above the Falls the ground rose gradually at first, then abruptly, with great boulders of rock jutting forth here and there. The swift-running stream cleft through the steep sides, thus forming a miniature canyon, and, where the rocks hung over the water, masses of lichen, arbutus, and creepers suspended in a tangled riot. The skyline was entirely hidden by the thick growth of forest trees.

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