THE MOTOR GIRLS
IN THE MOUNTAINS

Or

The Gypsy Girl’s Secret

BY
Margaret Penrose

Copyright, 1919, by
Cupples & Leon Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Breaking the Speed Limit 1

II. Quick Thinking 12

III. The Missing Purse 21

IV. The Sterner Sex 29

V. A Group of Vagabonds 39

VI. A Perplexing Problem 47

VII. The Mountain Camp 54

VIII. Fun in the Open 64

IX. The “Water Sprite” 74

X. Springing a Leak 83

XI. Cora Makes a Discovery 92

XII. An Ugly Customer 100

XIII. A Momentous Step 107

XIV. In the Wilderness 115

XV. Consternation 125

XVI. Help From the Sky 132

XVII. A Joyful Reunion 142

XVIII. Good News Travels Fast 150

XIX. An Uninvited Guest 159

XX. The Greedy Marauder 170

XXI. The Drifting Boat 177

XXII. The Gypsy Camp 183

XXIII. A Tangled Skein 189

XXIV. The Knocking at Midnight 195

XXV. Falsely Accused 202

XXVI. Council of War 209

XXVII. A Narrow Escape 216

XXVIII. Waylaid 223

XXIX. The Plot 230

XXX. Brought Together 237

THE MOTOR GIRLS
IN THE MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER I
BREAKING THE SPEED LIMIT

“Say, girls, isn’t this the best thing ever?”

Cora Kimball, the girl whose hand was on the wheel of the motor car as it sped swiftly along a sun-flecked country road, put the words in the form of a question, but they were really an exclamation drawn from her by sheer delight in living. She was gloriously indifferent as to an answer, but the answer came just the same from the two pretty girls who occupied the seat behind her.

“It’s perfectly grand!” cried Belle Robinson, the more slender of the two, as she snuggled down still more luxuriously in the soft cushions of the automobile.

“It seems to me yet as though it must be a dream,” declared her twin sister Bess, who was considerably larger than either of her companions. “Pinch me, somebody, so that I can be sure it’s real.”

Cora reached over mischievously and took her at her word.

Bess drew back with a little squeal.

“Ouch!” she exclaimed. “You took a piece out that time!”

“Well, what if I did?” laughed Cora. “You can spare a little without