How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl   By: Irene Elliott Benson

by

IRENE ELLIOTT BENSON

Chicago M. A. Donohue & Company

CANOE AND CAMPFIRE SERIES

Four Books of Woodcraft and Adventure in the Forest and on the Water that every Boy Scout should have in his Library

By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE

CANOEMATES IN CANADA; or, Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan. THE YOUNG FUR TAKERS: or, Traps and Trails in the Wilderness. THE HOUSE BOAT BOYS; or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South. CHUMS IN DIXIE; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motor Boat. CAMP MATES IN MICHIGAN; or, With Pack and Paddle in the Pine Woods. ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS; or, Camping in the Big Game Country.

In these four delightful volumes the author has drawn bountifully from his thirty five years experience as a true sportsman and lover of nature, to reveal many of the secrets of the woods, such as all Boys Scouts strive to know. And, besides, each book is replete with stirring adventures among the four footed denizens of the wilderness; so that a feast of useful knowledge is served up, with just that class of stirring incidents so eagerly welcomed by all boys with red blood in their veins. For sale wherever books are sold, or sent prepaid for 50 cents each by the publishers.

Copyright, 1912, M. A. Donohue & Co.

CONTENTS

Chapter Page

I A Fashionable Mother 7 II Ethel Hollister 14 III Grandmother Hollister 18 IV A Pink Tea 23 V An invitation to Aunt Susan 29 VI Aunt Susan Arrives 41 VII Aunt Susan Makes Friends 48 VIII Ethel is Invited to Visit 51 IX Ethel and Aunt Susan Start 55 X The Journey 58 XI The Next Day 62 XII Ethel Learns to Cook 65 XIII A Little Drive 68 XIV Some Confidences 72 XV A New Ethel 81 XVI Aunt Susan's Trials 84 XVII Cousin Kate Arrives 88 XVIII Selecting the Costume 90 XIX Ethel Meets Her Uncle and Aunt 97 XX Gathering of the "Ohios" 103 XXI The Trip up the River 109 XXII An Evening in Camp 115 XXIII The Legend of the Muskingum River 120 XXIV Ethel's First Day in Camp 141 XXV Ethel's First Lesson 144 XXVI A Loss and a Dinner 147 XXVII A Discovery 153 XXVIII Mattie's Story 159 XXIX Mattie Starts Afresh 167 XXX Aunt Susan Comes 172 XXXI Back To Aunt Susan's 175

CAMPFIRE GIRLS SERIES

HOW ETHEL HOLLISTER BECAME A CAMPFIRE GIRL ETHEL HOLLISTER'S SECOND SUMMER AS A CAMPFIRE GIRL CAMPFIRE GIRLS MOUNTAINEERING CAMPFIRE GIRL'S RURAL RETREAT CAMPFIRE GIRLS IN THE FOREST CAMPFIRE GIRL'S LAKE CAMP

List Price 75c Each

HOW ETHEL HOLLISTER BECAME A CAMP FIRE GIRL

CHAPTER I

A FASHIONABLE MOTHER