time, the gloom that had come with the news of Will Ford's disappearance, and

er, living in the outdoors, has unfitted us for the hum-drum sort of existenc

"But outdoor life is a lit

ld weather in Deepdale, ever since the g

the conversation she did not think so much about her missing brother. "The weather there in

Indian River section, I beli

y you can take us there?" ask

through some sort of a business deal. He doesn't know anything about raising oranges, but ther

n the West. They are inhabited by-cow-punchers

he cows?" asked Mollie. "Wes

I've heard Will and the boys talk about it. It's

Amy. "There is a large house, some bungalows and o

boat!" c

ith it?" demanded Mo

er if we could

. "I'm sure you can. Oh, I do hope yo

end my boat by freight, and we can have the most deligh

bserved Grace, slowly. "If

ou'll go. And I'll go, too! We'll all go. We'll

ace, who did not like the cold we

completed Bett

chimed

asked Betty. "You said someth

her. I think when it came to getting the orange grove he took it as much on he

that?" asked Moll

have hopes that a change will benefit her. I do hope you

said Mollie, wit

th, and Betty was a bit anxious as to how she could g

that sea-going uncle of

l," Betty agree

r long," complained Grace. "I w

Uncle Stonington would be glad to have

time," remarked Grace. "If he

nd uncle as they came from the private library. Mr.

id. "When I'm on the ground I can decide what course to take. Writing i

. "If I find Will I can bring him back to the mill

want to get him home, and then we'll map out a course of procedure. Perhaps I gav

who would exact the last farthing of a debt, or the final

hy, you girls look as though you had been talking secrets!" he exclaimed

are not the only one going So

at do you mea

ed us all down there. Do, please, say that Grace can go!" and she blew him a kiss, for the

e there? Many young men go down South in the winter to work as waiters in the big hot

o, Daddy, bu

the letter has miscarried. Or he may be carrying it around in his pocket, thinking he has mailed it. Yes,

lie, impulsively. "We are thinking

For following a shift in the educational work of Deepdale, had come a reconstruction of the system. The outdoor girls were sufficie

ied Betty, as she walked about the roo

me than I did when I was young,"

'wasted' a little more time, as you call it," rema

snorted U

full. To trace a missing boy-though really I don't imagine that will be serious-and have a daughter go

at the bell, and the shrill c

he brought back several letters, and at the sight of

m my brother. Oh, Daddy,