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Title: A Campfire Girl's Happiness

Author: Jane L. Stewart

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THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS SERIES

A CAMPFIRE GIRL'S FIRST COUNCIL FIRE
A CAMPFIRE GIRL'S CHUM
A CAMPFIRE GIRL IN SUMMER CAMP
A CAMPFIRE GIRL'S ADVENTURE
A CAMPFIRE GIRL'S TEST OF FRIENDSHIP
A CAMPFIRE GIRL'S HAPPINESS

[Illustration: They had hearty appetites for the camp breakfast.]

A CAMPFIRE GIRL'S HAPPINESS

By

JANE L. STEWART

[Illustration]

CAMPFIRE GIRLS SERIES

VOLUME VI

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THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AT THE SEASHORE

CHAPTER I

FROM THE ASHES

The sun rose over Plum Beach to shine down on a scene of confusion and
wreckage that might have caused girls less determined and courageous
than those who belonged to the Manasquan Camp Fire of the Camp Fire
Girls of America to feel that there was only one thing to do--pack up
and move away. But, though the camp itself was in ruins, there were no
signs of discouragement among the girls themselves. Merry laughter vied
with the sound of the waves, and the confusion among the girls was more
apparent than real.

"Have you got everything sorted, Margery--the things that are completely
ruined and those that are worth saving?" asked Eleanor Mercer, the
Guardian of the Camp Fire.

"Yes, and there's more here that we can save and still use than anyone
would have dreamed just after we got the fire put out," replied Margery
Burton, one of the older girls, who was a Fire-Maker. In the Camp Fire
there are three ranks--the Wood-Gatherers, to which all girls belong
when they join; the Fire-Makers, next in order, and, finally, the
Torch-Bearers, of which Manasquan Camp Fire had none. These rank next to
the Guardian in a Camp Fire, and, a