How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl

How Ethel Hollister Became a
Campfire Girl,
by Irene Elliott
Benson

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Title: How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl
Author: Irene Elliott Benson

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HOW ETHEL HOLLISTER BECAME A CAMPFIRE GIRL
by
IRENE ELLIOTT BENSON

Chicago M. A. Donohue & Company
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CANOE AND CAMPFIRE SERIES
Four Books of Woodcraft and Adventure in the Forest and on the
Water that every Boy Scout should have in his Library
By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE
CANOEMATES IN CANADA; or, Three Boys Afloat on the
Saskatchewan. THE YOUNG FUR-TAKERS: or, Traps and Trails in
the Wilderness. THE HOUSE-BOAT BOYS; or, Drifting Down to the
Sunny South. CHUMS IN DIXIE; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motor
Boat. CAMP MATES IN MICHIGAN; or, With Pack and Paddle in the
Pine Woods. ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS; or, Camping in the Big
Game Country.
In these four delightful volumes the author has drawn bountifully from
his thirty-five years experience as a true sportsman and lover of nature,
to reveal many of the secrets of the woods, such as all Boys Scouts
strive to know. And, besides, each book is replete with stirring
adventures among the four-footed denizens of the wilderness; so that a
feast of useful knowledge is served up, with just that class of stirring
incidents so eagerly welcomed by all boys with red blood in their veins.
For sale wherever books are sold, or sent prepaid for 50 cents each by

the publishers.
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Copyright, 1912, M. A. Donohue & Co.

CONTENTS
Chapter Page
I--A Fashionable Mother 7 II--Ethel Hollister 14 III--Grandmother
Hollister 18 IV--A Pink Tea 23 V--An invitation to Aunt Susan 29
VI--Aunt Susan Arrives 41 VII--Aunt Susan Makes Friends 48
VIII--Ethel is Invited to Visit 51 IX--Ethel and Aunt Susan Start 55
X--The Journey 58 XI--The Next Day 62 XII--Ethel Learns to Cook 65
XIII--A Little Drive 68 XIV--Some Confidences 72 XV--A New Ethel
81 XVI--Aunt Susan's Trials 84 XVII--Cousin Kate Arrives 88
XVIII--Selecting the Costume 90 XIX--Ethel Meets Her Uncle and
Aunt 97 XX--Gathering of the "Ohios" 103 XXI--The Trip up the River
109 XXII--An Evening in Camp 115 XXIII--The Legend of the
Muskingum River 120 XXIV--Ethel's First Day in Camp 141
XXV--Ethel's First Lesson 144 XXVI--A Loss and a Dinner 147
XXVII--A Discovery 153 XXVIII--Mattie's Story 159 XXIX--Mattie
Starts Afresh 167 XXX--Aunt Susan Comes 172 XXXI--Back To Aunt
Susan's 175

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HOW ETHEL HOLLISTER BECAME A CAMP FIRE GIRL
CHAPTER I
A FASHIONABLE MOTHER
"No indeed, Kate!" ejaculated Mrs. Hollister emphatically, "Ethel has
no time to join any Camp Fire Girls or Girl Scout Societies. She has her
home and school duties, while her leisure is fully occupied. At present I
know with whom she associates. As I understand it, these girls form
themselves into a Company with a Guardian or Leader. They wear
certain uniforms with emblems on the waists and sleeves, as well as a
ring and bands of beads on their heads, all of which savors of
conspicuousness, and it seems to me ridiculous."
"But, Aunt Bella," replied her niece, "think of what it makes of these
girls. It teaches them to take care of themselves. They very often sleep
out of doors for two months and get an honor for it."
"Yes, imagine a delicate girl like Ethel doing that," rejoined Mrs.
Hollister. "Why, she'd contract pneumonia or consumption right away."
"But if she were delicate she wouldn't be allowed to do so unless by the
advice of a physician. Then for one month she's obliged to give up
sodas and candies between meals."
"Yes, and isn't that silly? Why, any girl can do that without belonging
to a society."
"Well, they become healthy and strong; they play all kinds of out of
door athletic games; they swim, dive, undress in deep water, paddle or
row twenty miles in any five days; they learn to