along Woodbine to the pretty little park where the plans for the
first official run of the motor girls were soon to be perfected.



CHAPTER II

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 Kimball, the first to own her own motor-car,
the Whirlwind, was the only daughter of Mrs. Grace Kimball, a
wealthy widow of the little town of Chelton. Jack Kimball, Cora's
brother, a typical college boy, had plenty to do in unraveling the
mystery of the road, while his chums, Walter Pennington and Edward
Foster, were each such attractive young men that even to the end
it was difficult to guess which one would carry off the highest
honors socially - with Cora as judge, of course.

It was Ed Foster who lost the money, a small fortune, and it was
the rather unpleasant Sid Wilcox, and perhaps unfortunate Ida
Giles, who finally cleared up the mystery, happily enough, all
things considered, although in spite of the other girls' opportune
intention it was not possible to reflect any degree of credit upon
those responsible for the troubles and trials which that mystery
involved.

Speaking of the young men, Paul Hastings, a young chauffeur,