d her attitude, much to Bob's relief.

"Well, of all the sights that are good for sore eyes!" cried Ned, as
he hurried forward to greet the girls, an example followed by his
chums. "What fine wind blew you here?"

"We didn't come in an airship!" burst out Andy Rush. "I wanted to, but
they wouldn't--'fraid they'd fall--swoop up--swoop down--get here
quicker--fall maybe--maybe not--lots of fun, anyhow. Gosh, it's
great--I say, fellows, are you going----"

Jerry gently but firmly took hold of Andy by the ear, and, pointing to
Professor Snodgrass, who was wandering about a distant field in
search of possible insects, said:

"Andy, you go and aid in the interests of science, and, incidentally,
cool off. We'll see you later."

And Andy, whose rapid flow of words had been suddenly stopped, looked
once at the tall, bronzed lad, and then followed the instructions to
the letter. So, whether he wanted it or not, Professor Snodgrass had
the assistance of the small youth.

"Well! Well!" exclaimed Jerry, as he shook hands lingeringly with
Alice. "How did you get here?"

"Going to enlist?" asked Ned.

"Maybe they're going to join the girls' motor corps," suggested Bob,
who had attached himself to Helen.

"No, we just came on a visit," explained Mollie.

"To see us?" asked Ned.

"Of course!" was the mischievous answer. "We got lonesome back in
Cresville, with all the nice boys gone, and so we got Andy to bring us
down here."

"And if we believe that, I suppose you'll tell us another," laughed
Jerry. "Seriously now, how did you happen to come, and how long are
you going to stay? Fellows, we'll have to get furloughs and take the
girls around. Not that there's much to see down here, but we'll do
our best," he added.

"Cease! Cease!" commanded Ned, holding up his hand like a traffic
officer in front of Jerry. "Let's hear how they happened to come."

"Oh, that is soon told," remarked Alice. "Mollie's aunt lives not far
from here."

"And she invited Mollie down on a visit," added Helen. "And Mollie was
good enough to ask us, so we all came together. We reached there
yesterday, and, knowing you boys were at camp here, we decided to come
out to see you, which we have done."

"And for which we are duly grateful," added Jerry. "But what about
Andy Rush? I never was more surprised in my life when I heard his
usual flow of language. How did he happen to be with you?"

"That was just an accident, a coincidence, or whatever yo