e scene of most of the years of her child life in Hollyhill. Confronted with the task of choosing a name, she first consulted her ideals

he so-called necessities of life. But for Marion the artificial luxuries had little special attraction. She accepted them as a matter of course, but that is about all the claim they had upon her. She enjoyed the use of her fat

arion's nature. She was a favorite among rich and poor alike, except among those rich who could "understand" why the wealthy o

rit for the selection of her Camp Fire name. She was not sufficiently mature to pick a poetic idea from the a

e of a towering mountain, conspicuous not so much for its actual loftiness as for its deceptive appearance of great height. In all her experiences at home, it had never occurred to Marion to think of this indivi

ge, it was as a lady's finger to a telescoped giant's thumb. High Peak, as the tapering sugar-loaf of earth was called, was located west of Hollyhill, close to t

r this mountain she had in mind an ideal expressed in the

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iration. Thus she pictured the physical representation of the name she chose as a memb

station several hours earlier. It came from the same direction and might, indeed, have borne the thi

ave beheld the eight boy passengers as they got off in a group and loo

away from the depot and boarded a street car that was waiting for the time to start from this terminal point. The car started almost immediately after they had seated themselves, moving in a southwesterly direction t

whose home was in Hollyhill, and who had invited all the Scouts of his patrol to be his guests during the holidays. This invitation fo

eamed that it might occur. The Hunter home included a large tract of land running clear up to the foot of the mountain, which, at this point, was rocky and covered with a plentiful growth of white pine, hemlock and black spruce. Hidden behind an irregular heap of boulders and a small timber foreground was a cave, formed

is work well. He had provided for heat for the cave by running a galvanized stovepipe up through a crevice in the rocks and filling with stones and cement all the surrounding vents to guard against the draining in of water from the mountain side

p and keep a fire in it a good deal of the time to dry the place out thoroughly? We will come to Hollyhill on an early train, so as to have plenty of time to haul the mattress

t and all was in readiness for the removal of the outing outfit from the storeroom over the garage to the cave. Everything but the mattresses we

den by the unevenness of the ground and the thick shrubbery. Their hurried movements and evident desire to avoid meeting the boys marked them as suspicious characters. Fea

urn and watch the automobile. Division of the patrol with this in view was quickly arrang

nchored at either end in the rocky side at the top. Pushing aside this wilderness portiere, t

on this score they proceeded to replenish the fire, by putting in several cuts of spruce, a good supply of which had been provide

nd bring the mattresses and a supply of food that was being prepared for them at the house, while the others took upon themselves the task of cutting a supply of brushwood to lay on t

hem not only four mattresses, but the shotguns and rifles shipped by the boys from the academy for their mid-winter hunting. Erni

re all in position, the food and cooking utensils were stored away in the narrowest compass

r was rolled into the cave and propped into position, with slabs of stone for a table. On this was placed a large kerosene lamp, which,

nonsense," observed Miles Berryman, seating himself comfortably in a chair and gazing about with gre

every opportunity?" inquired John St. John in a tone of

portentously: "you know what we came near doing to y

him in the lake," re

threat, "and if we can't find a lake around here

ft of that argument," said Clif

at the menacing Miles means," declared John, who had long answered to the nickname of "Johnnie Tw

, the punster made a dive for the exit and disappeared beyond the blanket portiere. None of the protestors fo

sufficient guarantee that he had lost all his punning facetiousness. He he

ound it outside. Those men must have dropped it.

nd bidding. They crowded around s

rd, picking up the paper and holding it

thill pike. Will slow up in the sand str