The Camp Fire Girls
Solve a Mystery
or, THE CHRISTMAS ADVENTUREat CARVER HOUSE
By HILDEGARD G. FREY
AUTHOR OF
The Camp Fire Girls Series
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
THE
Camp Fire Girls Series
A Series of Stories for Camp Fire Girls Endorsed bythe Officials of the Camp Fire Girls Organization
By HILDEGARD G. FREY
- The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods
- or, The Winnebago’s Go Camping
- The Camp Fire Girls at School
- or, The Wohelo Weavers
- The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House
- or, The Magic Garden
- The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring
- or, Along the Road That Leads the Way
- The Camp Fire Girls’ Larks and Pranks
- or, The House of the Open Door
- The Camp Fire Girls on Ellen’s Isle
- or, the Trail of the Seven Cedars
- The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road
- or, Glorify Work
- The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit
- or, Over The Top With the Winnebago’s
- The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery
- or, The Christmas Adventures at Carver House
- The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin
- or, Down Paddles
Copyright, 1919
By A. L. Burt Company
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS SOLVE A MYSTERY
The old man swayed, clutched at the empty air, andfell heavily in the snow at her feet.
The Camp-Fire Girls Solve a Mystery.Page 155.
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS
SOLVE A MYSTERY
CHAPTER I
THE EMPTY HOUSE
Katherine Adams stepped from the train atOakwood, glanced expectantly up and down the stationplatform, hesitated a moment, and then, pickingout a conspicuous spot under a glaring arc light,deposited her suitcase on the ground with a thump,mounted guard beside it and patiently waited forNyoda to find her in the surging crowd.
It was two days before Christmas, and travelwas heavy. It seemed as though the entire populationof Oakland was either coming home, departing,or rushing madly up and down before thepanting train in search of friends and relatives.Katherine was engulfed in a tidal wave of rapturousgreetings that rolled over her from every side, asa coachful of soldiers, home for Christmas, weremet and surrounded by the waiting lines of townspeople.
Katherin