Jo's Boys

A SPOILED DINNER The big maroon car glided along in such perfect rhythm that Cora Kimball, the fair driver of the Whirlwind, heard scarcely a sound of its mechanical workings. To...

THE WOODLAND CONFERENCE In the first volume of this series, entitled "The Motor Girls; Or, A Mystery of the Road," we became acquainted with these vivacious young ladies. Cora Ki...

"NO BOYS!" Such shouting and such laughing! There, hidden in the thicket near the spring, were discovered Jack Kimball and Walter Pennington, while the chuckles and other noises ...

THE STRANGE PROMISE When the eight young ladies marched into the little cottage it must be admitted that each had her misgivings. What would any one think of such a procession? ...

"Oh, that--that is my story," replied Wren. "I want to tell you all about it. Will you have time to wait?" and she looked toward the window, through which could be seen the silen...

A LITTLE BROWN WREN The girls were awestricken. Daisy, Maud, Hazel and Ray seemed to shrink closer together on the old mahogany sofa. Cora and the Robinson girls with Cecilia we...

THE HOLD-UP Dashing over the country roads, the motor girls sent their machines ahead at fast speed, unwilling to stop to light up, and anxious to make the town before the twiligh...

A CHANCE MEETING Paul lost no time in reaching Cartown with the belated mail, and so was obliged to leave the girls an the road with scant ceremony, hardly pausing to discuss why ...

JACK AND CLIP "A deliberate trick of Cecilia's," murmured Daisy. "She pretends to be so off-hand," answered Maud. "I have always noticed that that sort of girl is the greatest s...

THE MYSTERIOUS RIDE The fact that Cecilia Thayer could be old or young, as had been remarked by one of her companions, was not a mere saying. The Thayers were strangers in Chelto...

"THEY'RE OFF!" "Isn't it too mean? I never thought that Cecilia would act so. I think Jack knows why." Bess Robinson was talking to Cora. Her voice betrayed something other th...

THOSE DREADFUL BOYS "No BOYS, eh?" shouted Ed from his "perch" in the hay. "Aren't they dreadful?" exclaimed Daisy with doubtful sincerity. "Hope mother doesn't hear of it," rep...

THE GIRL IN THE DITCH When all the machines had been stopped there was a wild rush to the rescue--Bess and Belle with Gertrude hurrying back to where Daisy and Maud had been left,...

AT THE GROTTO "We have dropped something," said Cora as the party started off again. "Yes," replied Gertrude, "I agree with Ray that the boys are jolly. We miss them already." ...

THE PROMISE BOOK LOST "Now, Cora, dear," began Gertrude, in her quiet, yet convincing way, "you may just as well tell us what you are waiting for. We are guessing all sorts of th...

ROB ROLAND "Cora Kimball!" Ed Foster stood up every inch of his height. He was always tall, but now, facing the girl whose name he had so vehemently spoken, he seemed a veritabl...

A STRANGE MESSAGE Uproarious laughter from the girls with the wild flowers aroused Cora. Rob Roland was gone. Had she fainted? Was that roaring in her ears just awakened nerves?...

THE ROAD TO BREAKWATER "What a delightful morning!" exclaimed Maud. "The wait was certainly worth while. I do believe there is something inspiring about the morning air." "Yes,...

THE CLUE Jack Kimball sat in his study, with his hands laced in his thick, dark hair. He was thinking--Jack claimed the happy faculty of being able to think of one thing at a tim...

PAUL AND HAZEL Meanwhile, at another bed of sickness sat a girl pale and wan from nights and days of anxiety. Hazel Hastings had left the motor girls' tour and hurried to her sic...

AT THE MAHOGANY SHOP It was Duncan Bennet who suggested the auto meet. The town of Breakwater had never gone beyond the annual dog show, and this progressive young man confided t...

PERPLEXITIES When Cecilia Thayer in her own little runabout, the Turtle, went over the road to Mrs. Salvey's cottage, after the visit to the Hastings, her alert mind was occupied ...

THE CHILDREN'S COURT Judge Cowles was a gentleman of what is called the "old-fashioned" type. He was always gentle, in spite of the difficult human questions he was constantly ca...

THE MOTOR GIRLS ON THE WATCH Cora Kimball was turning away from the antique shop as indifferently as if nothing there interested her. The other girls looked at her aghast. Bess ...

CORA 'S RESOLVE For a moment Cora was dumfounded. Duncan Bennet a close friend of Clip! The next moment the riddle was solved. "Why, of course you know Clip," she said. "She g...

A WILD RUN' "Speed her up, Tom," ordered Dr. Duncan Bennet to his chauffeur, as he and Cora started out that bright, beautiful morning. "We will have all we can do to cover the g...

LEGAL STRATEGY Cora was in despair. To be thus detained when there was not an hour to spare! Tom drew the machine well to the roadside. Duncan leisurely climbed out and then as...

AGAINST THE LAW Two hours later Cora almost fell into the arms of her brother--so overstrained were her nerves after the exciting ride. "Oh, Jack," she exclaimed, "I had the awfu...

CONFIDENCES "Now, Tom," called Duncan Bennet to his chauffeur, after Clip had joined Cora, "you had better slow up some. The young ladies may want to find out whether or not they...

MERRY MOTOR MAIDS The runaways were forgiven, finally, although between four "enraged" young medical students, and the sextette of motor girls, Cora and Duncan had some difficulty...

THE PROMISE KEPT With Jack's and Walter's additional cars the girls were able to ride home without crowding, so that the Whirlwind carried only Cora, Clip and Gertrude--the gallan...

"So am I," said Cora softly. "Well, we managed to get ahead of Rob Roland. A little later and he would have had the table, and would have found the will. Then little Wren and he...