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The Girl Scouts' Captain

Chapter 1: THE GIRL SCOUTS’ CAPTAIN
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A group of college-age former Girl Scouts reunite and attempt to revive their troop on campus, prompting one member to seek a more purposeful role. The story traces their efforts to organize meetings, hikes, training sessions and public exhibitions, and to prepare for competition, while navigating leadership elections, discouragement, gossip, romantic developments, and a late crisis. Practical tasks like practice, supper parties, and patrol exercises alternate with personal challenges and community events, and the girls rely on cooperation, perseverance, and a new plan to reach a resolved conclusion.

THE GIRL SCOUTS’ CAPTAIN

Contents

Chapter   Page
I. CANDIDATES. 3
II. A PROPOSITION. 14
III. THE JAZZ PARTY. 24
IV. THE INVITATION. 34
V. THE FIRST MEETING. 45
VI. THE HIKE. 55
VII. DISCOURAGEMENT. 65
VIII. THE PROMISE. 76
IX. THE NEW PLAN. 85
X. MARJORIE’S ESCORT. 92
XI. TENDERFOOT SCOUTS. 98
XII. ETHEL’S ADVICE. 103
XIII. THE FIRST PRACTICE. 113
XIV. GOSSIP. 124
XV. THE SUPPER PARTY. 133
XVI. THE FIRST GAME. 143
XVII. LILY’S ENGAGEMENT. 155
XVIII. DOLLS. 167
XIX. THE EXHIBITION. 178
XX. THE CHAMPIONSHIP. 186
XXI. THE PURSUIT. 199
XXII. QUEENIE’S CALLER. 209
XXIII. THE CRISIS. 217
XXIV. QUEENIE’S DAY OFF. 226
XXV. CONCLUSION. 234