GOOD NEWS

Deepdale, the home of the four Outdoor Girls, is a thriving little
city with a population of about fifteen thousand people. It is
situated on the Argono River, a pleasant stream where a great many of
the young folk of Deepdale, and some of the older ones too, keep motor
boats and canoes and various other types of pleasure craft.

Farther on, the Argono empties into Rainbow Lake, which is picturesque
in the extreme. It has several pretty and romantic looking islands,
chief of which is Triangle Island-- so called because of its shape.

There is a boat running from Deepdale to Clammerport at the foot of
Rainbow Lake, and this boat is almost always crowded with pleasure
seekers. In addition to this Deepdale is situated in the heart of New
York state and is only a hundred-and-fifty-mile run from the city of
that name. Thus one can easily see that Deepdale is a very desirable
place in which to live.

At least that is what the four Outdoor Girls thought. And since they
had spent most of their lives there, they certainly ought to know!

On the morning of this day, some ten days or so after their strange
encounter with Professor Dempsey, the girls were gathered on Betty's
porch, talking over their plans for the summer.

"I am only waiting to hear from Uncle John," Mollie was saying, as she
swung lazily back and forth in the couch swing. "The last time I saw
him he said that he was almost sure to go north this summer and he