I ANTICIPATIONS 1

II INTERRUPTIONS 9

III PREPARATIONS 17

IV OFF FOR OCEAN VIEW 26

V OLD TIN-BACK 36

VI THE BOYS 44

VII THE STORM 53

VIII THE MEN IN THE BOAT 61

IX THE BOX IN THE SAND 69

X CONJECTURES 75

XI THE CIPHER 81

XII THE FALSE BOTTOM 89

XIII THE DIAMOND TREASURE 95

XIV SEEKING CLUES 101

XV A NIGHT ALARM 109

XVI ON THE BEACH 118

XVII ANOTHER ALARM 126

XVIII ANXIOUS DAYS 135

XIX THE PICNIC 146

XX CAUGHT 154

XXI ON THE SCHOONER 163

XXII THE SEARCH 172

XXIII SMUGGLED DIAMONDS 181

XXIV TO THE RESCUE 190

XXV ALL'S WELL--CONCLUSION 199

THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT OCEAN VIEW

CHAPTER I

ANTICIPATIONS

Three girls were strolling down the street, and, as on the occasion when
the three fishermen once sailed out to sea, the sun was going down. The
golden rays, slanting in from over the western hills that stood back of
the little town of Deepdale, struck full in the faces of the maids as
they turned a corner, and so bright was the glare that one of them--a
tall, willowy lass, with a wealth of fluffy, light hair, turned aside
with a cry of annoyance.

"Oh, why can't the sun be nice!" she exclaimed, half-petulantly.

"What do you want it to do, Grace?" asked a vivacious, dark-complexioned
sprite next to the complaining one. "Go under a cloud just to suit you?"

"No, my dear, I'm not as fussy as that!"

"Indeed not!" chimed in the third member of the trio, a quiet girl, with
thoughtful eyes. "What Grace wants is some nice young fellow to come
along with an umbrella, hoist it over her, and invite her in to have--a
chocolate soda!"

"Why, Amy Blackford! I'll never speak to you again!" gasped the accused
one, blushing vividly, the more so as the rays of the setting sun fell
upon her face. "All I said was----"

"Look!" suddenly interrupted the vivacious member of the small party--a
party that attracted no little at