"Yes. But there's not much chance of that. They don't even know where
the papers are."

"All right, I'll get them. Have a good time at the game, Billy boy."

"I will, and look out for Prince. So long!" and Will hung up the
receiver, while Grace over the private wire, telephoned to the groom
to saddle Prince. Then she went out to tell her friends of her little
trip.

And while she is doing this, I will interject a few words of
explanation so that those who did not read the first volume of this
series may have a better understanding of the characters and location
of this story.

The first book was called "The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale; Or, Camping
and Tramping for Fun and Health." In that is given an account of how
the four chums set off to walk about two hundred miles in two weeks,
stopping nights at the homes of various friends and relatives on the
route. At the very outset they stumbled on the mystery of a five
hundred dollar bill, and it was not until the end that the strange
affair was cleared up most unexpectedly.

The four girls were Betty Nelson, a born leader, bright, vigorous and
with more than her share of common sense. She was the daughter of
Charles Nelson, a wealthy carpet manufacturer. Grace Ford, tall,
willowly, and exceedingly pretty, was blessed with well-to-do parents.
Mr. Ford being a lawyer of note, who handled many big cases. Mollie
Billette, was just the opposite type from Grace. Mollie was almost