ed in record time, both outside and in, and a coat
of paint laid on the top of the house. Jane McCarthy had an idea in
regard to this roof. The next morning she put the plan into execution.

That night the girls were so tired that they gave no thought to their
appearance until they had reached their rooms at the hotel and looked
into their mirrors. Their paint-streaked countenances were a sight to
behold and Tommy carried a part of her facial decorations to bed with
her.

They were up early on the following morning, and were first in the
dining room at breakfast.

"I just can't wait until I get to work," declared Jane McCarthy, her
eyes shining.

"I can wait until I've eaten my breakfast," replied Margery, then
flushed as Tommy giggled meaningly.

Readers of the first volume of this series, "THE MEADOW-BROOK GIRLS
UNDER CANVAS" will recall the many exciting adventures that befell the
five girls and their guardian, Miss Elting, while summering at Camp
Wau-Wau, a part of the Camp Girls' organization. The attempts of two
mischief-making camp girls to disgrace Harriet in the eyes of the camp,
Harriet's brave rescue of her enemies during a severe storm and her
generous method of dealing with them aroused the interest and admiration
of the reader. The various ludicrous happenings in which Grace Thompson
and Jane McCarthy figured prominently also added to this absorbing
narrative of outdoor life.

"THE MEADOW-BROOK GIRLS ACROSS COUNTRY" relates the adventures of the
girls and their guardian on their homeward march from Camp Wau-Wau.
Their meeting with a number of boys on a hike, who styled themselves the
Tramp Club, and the subsequent wager made with them by the Meadow-Brook
Girls to race them to the town of Meadow-Brook, furnished the theme for
the narrative. While following the fortunes of the road the girls met
with numerous adventures. The reader will recall their encounter with
the tramps, their rescue by Sybarina, the Gipsy, and the night spent in
the Gipsy camp where Harriet, disguised as a Gipsy, told the fortune of
George Baker the leader of the Tramp Club, and at the same time under
the pretense of revealing his past rated him soundly for a trick which
he and his band had played upon the girls.

Once back in Meadow-Brook the girls had settled down to a busy winter in
high school. Now that summer had come again, accompanied by Miss Elting,
they had planned to spend their vacation on Lake Winnipesaukee, aboard