The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle; Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run
eated twice before the occu
. Tall, with stooped shoulders and a head bent a little as though he had spent countless hours over his violin, with long, curly
atingly, as the musician made no effort to break the sile
tarted an
d motioning them into the room. "You will fin
table, he began with the utmost gentleness to put it in its case. The girls had the rather uncomfortable impression that the ma
window in the room, and one thought was in the minds of all
letting up a little
agreed Betty, then, as their long-haired host put down his
we came along," she said.
nd turned away so abruptly that Bett
and Amy put an arm about
opped, honey. Don't you
sion of regret at all from the man, the new acquaintances parted, the gi
toward the cabin, and he
to get outside to shut the door," s
hed Nigger and he whinnied a welcome. "He was just distantly polite, that's all. He d
and patted him soothingly. "I'm sure he has some real reason for
the way they had come through the fine drizzle. "She never can resi
. "No ordinary person could play the violin the way he was playing it
live in a little house away up in the woods. And I can't shake off the impression t
re by no means discouraged and in the days that followed they rode almos
n the woods they knew lurked very real dangers. But these they av
ore confident of their ability to find their way around alone, they dared
he narrow path. "A peach of a horse under you, the whole day before you, and nothing to do but enjoy yourself. Whoa-up there,
uneasiness, and the girls were kept busy for the next few minutes
ad better go back, girls? This trail seems to be getting narrower
at we are here for, isn't it? If we wanted people, w
eat pretty soon and that will make everybody feel better." Ki
in the woods through which they could look straight down-for they were on a considerable elevation
ied Mollie, reining in beside her. "
to eat?" queried Amy hopefull
said Betty, as she turned her h
er and deeper into the woodland, catching glimpses
e playing, forgetting their fears in the new sights and sounds all about them, the girls rode farthe
and sunshine and they converse
" asked Grace. "I had an idea
her's relatives-she never knew she had them till she came here-and dad thinks some of these people may make up their minds to contest the will. They haven
," they chor
er Levine has been around
d her mount so suddenly that Betty had all she co
t your hand when you do tha
rted him on again, "Peter Levine must want that ranch very
d Betty dryly. "He has offered mothe
le. "If your mother holds on much long
nch," went on Betty, as she urged Nigger up a gentle slope. "She confidently expects to d
all get out and d
find, Betty?" call
ey came upon another open space, and there, lying not more t
and leading Nigger off a little way into the woods where she tethered him secu
hungry. So out came the lunch basket, and never did biscuits and cheese and fried chicken taste
did the other day," said Mollie, as
of the long-haired musician who had been so painfully polite: "I wonder what our friend, Long Hair, lives on, any
e for dinner," suggested Mollie, and the girls lo
from where the horses were tethered caused them to jump to their feet in alarm. Suddenly the nervousness of the animals chan
ng above the noise. "There! In the wood