Before the revenue cutter sailed away the six officers aboard came ashore one evening, taking dinner with the girls, in company with a number of young men, invited from the neighborhood.  Afterward until half-past ten o’clock there was a pleasant dance.

All too soon Harriet Burrell and her friends found this vacation trip at an end.  Proud of the honors they had won, delighted beyond words with the good times they had had, they left for home the day before the hulk of the “Sister Sue” was taken away, at Mr. McCarthy’s order, and sold.

“We are leaving behind us the best time we have ever had,” sighed Hazel on the morning of their departure.

“I am sure there are plenty of good times ahead of all of us yet,” declared Harriet brightly.

“What I’m going to say, girls,” broke in Miss Elting, “is not original, but practical.  The driver we’ve engaged to take our belongings to the station will be due here in ten minutes.  If we’re not ready for him, he’ll charge us extra for waiting.”

So the packing was finished, the driver departed with the luggage, and the Meadow-Brook Girls, somewhat wet-eyed, took leave of all at Camp Wau-Wau.  Then, Torch Bearer Harriet Burrell leading the way, the four girls and their guardian took the trail.

Yet there was another good time coming, as all our readers will speedily discover when they open the next volume, which is published under the title:  “THE MEADOW-BROOK GIRLS ON THE TENNIS COURTS; Or, Winning Out in the Big Tournament.”

THE END.