The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle; Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run

, what is the mat

one jiggled the receiver impatiently while a str

ar, oh

orning twiddling your thumbs and wondering what to do with yourself? Of course! I knew it was central's fault all the time! Now

other end of the wire. "It's just the twins. They want to talk t

e wails of Mollie's little brother and sister as they were ushered fo

e better now. Mother's out, and I've been taking care of the twins.

one, as she visualized Mollie's little brother and siste

ed Mollie's voice from the other end of the

the brown-eyed, pink-cheeked one, wi

nd of the wire, sat up and stared inquiri

are hiding something from me. Yo

"I'm hiding something from you, but I c

fic accents. "Are you going to tell m

be around?" c

ve min

oo

it! Is it

er," and Bet

ephone for a minute, th

you, G

raceful girl at the other end of

e took a chocolate from the ever-present candy box and nibbled on it discon

full of blessed idleness

" grumbled Grace. "

y drolly, "Doctor

h the same manner as Mollie had done a few minutes before. Then she swal

you use that tone before. Is th

ck at the other end of the wire told

o a frown. "Now I suppose I've got to get dressed and

Mrs. Ford was a handsome woman, prominent in the social circles of De

ther, a loving smile erased th

ounger than I do," she said fo

es approving the fair prettiness of her daughter. "Are

she wanted me to come over. There's something in the wind, that's sure, but she wouldn'

"My experience with Betty Nelson is that she usually has something interesting to say. Good-by, dear. If

she would and moved

as Betty Nelson had telephoned, had stopped merely to remove the apron from in front of her pink-checke

now the facts that had prompted Betty's early call, she yet could not satisfy that curiosity. When she had told Betty

d them while she talked to Betty, she foun

ble. One of the twins, deciding to play "savages," had pounced u

y?" moaned Mollie, sinking to the floor, while

ned little fist in the direction of her brother. "He

's little French-American mother,

rench gesture all French people know so well. "

woe from her eyes and explained to

d dismally. "I just know she has something exciting to tel

nk has not yet dried, and luckily there is not much about the room. Run along, dear. I fully realize," s

s about her mother and giving her a joyful hug. "I might have known you would underst

and Amy were there before her. She found them all, including Betty, up in Betty's room

ing until you came," was the

ting very straight in her wicker chair, feet stretched out and crossed in front of

flung her sport hat on the bed and turned to fa

antalizingly, but the next minute her face

we have had yet. How would you like--" she paused and regarded the exp

Grace wonderingly, but Mol

you mean on

?" breathed

odding. "That's just