Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
CAMP FIRE GIRLS
AT
HALF MOON LAKE

BY
MARGARET VANDERCOOK
Author of "The Ranch Girls" Series, "The Red Cross Girls" Series, etc.

ILLUSTRATED

PHILADELPHIA
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1921, by
The John C. Winston Company

STORIES ABOUT CAMP FIRE GIRLS
List of Titles in the Order of their Publication

The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill
The Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snows
The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World
The Camp Fire Girls Across the Sea
The Camp Fire Girls' Careers
The Camp Fire Girls in After Years
The Camp Fire Girls at the Edge of the Desert
The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail
The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines
The Camp Fire Girls on the Field of Honor
The Camp Fire Girls in Glorious France
The Camp Fire Girls in Merrie England
The Camp Fire Girls at Half Moon Lake

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. Indian Summer 7
II. Half Moon Lake 19
III. Old Friends 29
IV. The Hermit 43
V. A Conversation and a Loss 57
VI. "A Man for a' That" 72
VII. Friendship 83
VIII. Midwinter 92
IX. The Poet's Corner 107
X. Holiday Guests 116
XI. Juliet Temple 128
XII. Friends That Were 142
XIII. Anxious Waiting 154
XIV. Christmas Eve 162
XV. Romance 173
XVI. An Encounter 195
XVII. Closed In 204
XVIII. Spring 212

ILLUSTRATIONS

"I am a Stranger in This Locality," He Explained _Frontispiece_
PAGE
For a Moment the Man Stared in Silence 59
Sally's Hands Beat Against the Closed Door 160
"I Wish You Would Help Me About Something," She Said 189

The Camp Fire Girls
At Half Moon Lake