Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer

"And the plant she named Liberty Tree," sang Nita blithely up in the window of the sun parlor, where she sat with her mother and her old Scotch nurse, Ellen, watching the brilli...

After Miss Dummy had been disposed of there was a return to the cheer fire circle, where the Sport performed the unusual feat of lighting three fires with one match. The giving...

The girls gazed in wide-eyed surprise at their prostrate companion, and then, as they saw that she was not hurt, their sense of humor broke bounds, and they burst into merry pea...

Nathalie's color flamed again as she heard that "little girl," and she drew herself up in momentary indignation. Oh, this was evidently the Dr. Homer whom she had heard the girl...

Nathalie gave a gasp of relief. Oh, it was good to be rid of that horrible black handkerchief! Then her blinders faded into the past as she became aware of the eyes that were ga...

An exclamation escaped dazed Nathalie; and then a search was started, resulting at last in finding the card in one of the pockets of the skirt. Another cry issued from the finde...

"Oh, don't be frightened!" exclaimed the princess with a merry laugh as she saw her companion cower in her chair. "It's only Jimmie! Jimmie, stop that racket!" she continued wit...

As Nathalie sank back in her seat glad to think the ordeal--to her--of the day was over, there was a moment's silence, and then every Pioneer was doing her best to second this i...

Nathalie's eyes dilated with terror, and her heart pounded with such leaping beats that it almost choked her. She attempted to run, but alas, her limbs seemed tied with ropes, a...

"Yes; it is very suggestive, too," answered Mrs. Van Vorst, "for it makes one think of the witches in Macbeth, as they stood around the cauldron watching their queer concoction...

But Edith was not to be gainsaid and had flown post-haste up to the Morrows' bungalow to reappear a few moments later with a field glass. Raising it she began to yell triumphant...

A week had passed, and although the novelty of many of the activities and pleasures of this life in the open had dulled, every moment proved one of joy. Drills, contests, sports...

"Oh, you will learn," encouraged Helen, "but I must be off, for I have some typing to do for to-morrow." Yes, Helen's new friend knew that she was learning to be a stenographer....

The sixth of July had arrived, and little Miss New York was fidgeting nervously in her chair--draped with the Star Spangled Banner and the flaunting colors of the Dutch Republic...

A half-hour later the two girls stood on Mrs. Morrow's veranda, and with Fred's mocking laughter still ringing in their ears told of their hasty exit from the gray house. With s...

"Yes, that is the only thing we can do," said Nathalie quickly, "but suppose the doctor is not there! You know the boys said they were going on a two or three days' tramp this w...

The tenseness of Edith's tone, coupled with her mysterious manner, had the desired effect, and the Pioneers all bent forward eagerly with expectant eyes, anxious to hear what sh...

A few days after the Pilgrim Rally, as Nathalie lay in the hammock dreaming day dreams as she was wont to do, her mother came and seated herself in a low chair near by.

The sorry-looking object proved to be the Tike, who between sobs and shivery shakes explained, as the party surrounded her, that tempted by the mirror-like surface of a dark poo...

"You needn't ask me to look at her," asserted the Sport with a scowl, "after screwing up my courage as I did to ask her if we could use her terraced lawn for one of our drills;...

An oppressive silence followed, while each girl looked blankly at her neighbor. The new Pioneer's face flushed, and her eager, excited eyes shadowed, as she quickly realized tha...

Nathalie came running up the steps of the veranda her brown eyes alight with excitement as she cried, "Oh, Mother, what do you think? Down in the old cedar-tree on the lawn is a...

"Do something for you? Oh, Doctor, I should just love to!" Surprise and pleasure caused Nathalie's eyes to light expectantly. And then, "Do tell me what it is; perhaps it is som...

"Oh, I wish you would tell me something about your school life in New York," begged Helen wistfully; "I had a friend who used to go to one of the high schools. I hear they are v...

If Nathalie was surprised at the deftness and resourcefulness of these Girl Pioneers, she was amazed at the ease and comfort she experienced as the four girls strode forward, tw...