Her feet went out from under her and she was dragged over the ice. “Ghost Beyond the Gate” (See Page 195)

Her feet went out from under her and she was dragged over the ice. “Ghost Beyond the Gate” (See Page 195)

(See Page 195)

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CHAPTER

CHAPTER 1 LOST ON A HILLTOP

CHAPTER

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The little iceboat, with two laughing, shouting girls clinging to it, sped over the frozen surface of Big Bear River.

“Penny, we’re going too fast!” screamed Louise Sidell, ducking to protect her face from the biting wind.

“Only about forty an hour!” shrieked her companion gleefully.

At the tiller of the Icicle, Penelope Parker, in fur-lined parka, sheepskin coat and goggles, looked for all the world like a jolly Eskimo. Always delighting in a new sport, she had built the iceboat herself—spars from a wood lot, the sail from an old tent.

“Slow down, Penny!” pleaded her chum.

“Can’t,” shouted Penny cheerfully. “Oh, we’re going into a hike!”

As one runner raised off the ice, the boat tilted far over on its side. Louise shrieked with terror, and held tight to prevent being thrown out. Penny, hard pressed, sought to avert disaster by a snappy starting of the main sheet.

For a space the boat rushed on, runners roaring. Then as a sudden puff of wind struck the sail, the steering runner leaped off the ice. Instantly the Icicle went into a spin from which Penny could not straighten it.

“We’re going over!” screamed Louise, scrambling to free her feet.

The next moment the boat capsized. Both girls went sliding on their backs across the ice. Penny landed in a snowdrift at 

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