Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch; Or, The Old Mexican's Treasure
crastination Boggs, Nan Sherwood, Bess Harley, and several other dwellers on this corridor stood well up in their
ng through her nose. "Dr. Beulah has been away-has not arrived home yet-and we unfor
ura," drawled Amelia Boggs, "even
istic tendencies. I feel 'em,
el," scoffed Bess. "If I had
nce within me is from merely what I ate. Why, I feel that I might lea
ssage to the boath
ing at one of her watches, "if we are going to d
interrupted Laura. "
at," giggled Bess, "with all th
went on Amelia, "cu
sten, girls!" she cried. "'Cu
ting old chestnuts lik
not a recitation, I'd have you k
suddenly seeing that Laura really ha
"What is our greatest trial-our most implacab
pp," sig
n flowery fashion. "The bete noire of the girls of Lakeview Hall is th
sked Nan, finally
o the tower this forenoon and unhooked and hid the bell-clap
d to join in the peal of laughter that the oth
ke!" excla
a Boggs, who, after all, possessed a fund of caution. "Mr
. Cupp will find some other way of making it known that retiring hour has arriv
that lumberman's slang of 'sawney' for 'greenh
ly opened yet. Don't make us delve into the past for th
cial reason. She had liked the girl from the West, Rhoda Hammond, at first sight.
e newcomer because she believed she could influence the more thoughtl
off her bed, where she had been perching. "We wa
h to get together the
Laura
estern young person much, after all?" she said.
id Amelia. "I thin
n't say that
e. I'd like to take her for a good l
ous Rhoda has got too much money
Ranch she comes from
ink! A real c
farm. What's the difference whether you ha
a few minutes as the girls dressed Amelia in an old pillow-slip with eye-holes burned in it, and placed in her hand the staff of a bro
n and be Mistress of Ceremonies. They were abo
ne?" demanded Bess. "S
nd on her, and
ndering gaze, a suit of paint-stained overalls, jumper and all, that evidently by
aired girl. "You never know what may happen,
, Laura!" gasped Nan,
say? I bet she rides astride, and these old overalls will rem
the teachers and so spoil the fun altogether. Finally, however, Amelia Boggs got
d Bess; but Amelia led the procession the full length of the hall
ute," cried a smal
turning the knob that the door was unlocked. She flung it open
hat do you want
hat. Her bag was open on the couch, but it seemed to contain no kimono, and the W
gazing in wonder at the tall fig
be-sepulchral voice. "The sawney is all prepared to don her costume. Hith
," said Laura jovi
a from Rawhide Sp
jumper to the surprised new gi
t refuses 'em!" hisse
Nan. "That means 'here lies'-
erean English most awfully mixed
e wrong gender, any
of Ceremonies. "Silence in the ran
in, shaking the painter's suit be
will call to your aid all these, my faithful follow
rial," said Rhoda. "But if you insist,
tern, isn't it, Laura
folk say
o learn," said Rhoda
n the jumper. Her bare arms and shoulders were brown and firm. Nan thought Rhoda's figure was
rling boy!" whispered
f them-meant to make the newcomer fe
aid Laura drawlingly. "I tell you she is a regular cowgir
," replied the We
ooded Amelia. The latter cleared
place. Meekness becomes you lambkins when you firs
da. "Do you know, I don't l
laimed Laura, who had caught up a towel an
declared Rh
ive and bandage her eyes at once," and she
the Western girl. But she did so
against it. I
ated Rhoda
urely. Of course she might have torn the bandage off, for her hands