Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party

asked Blue Bonnet, "whether or no

e material at Jonah, we shall have to send away for it, and the sooner

f the time. To her surprise Sarah was the only one of the girls who greeted

d all over,"

ms without groaning

a poker," added

. "It's the swimm

Bonnet corrected her. "

l this way, why doesn't Sarah make

explained delightedly. Sarah could not help feeling a little very human satisfaction at the consc

ide a mile,"

ared both Deb

, do we go by our lon

d readily, beating down a na

d dress. We must sta

om the shopping list she was making. "Lisa says we must have laundry soap,

l. "Lisa's always want

drive," Sarah su

der a guest's preference, and Sarah was certainly a "go

color you want your bathi

m all alike," s

claimed B

consider the feelings of my hair! I'm

onnet finished for her, recollec

g, anyway," Kitty contended.

r," put in Blue Bonnet. "Having blue

think we had better stick to black and blue-I'm one

lack and it was very pretty," said

list. Now, everybody, decide. Red

please," replied Debby

e ditto," was A

came fr

"-this from the

om the 'We are Sevens' to 'The Rainbow Quintet,'" said th

smooth road with a motion that Sarah found far preferable to the cat-like leaps of Comanche; and Blue

iving Grandmother's carriage horses," she told Sarah,

lly," was Sarah's c

t's delight she found a bright red sash that would add the finishing touch of elegance to her suit. Their shopping done and the buckboard well-heaped with their varied purchases, the two

as there that Sarah did something unprecedented. For several miles she had been envying Blue Bonnet her easy manner of han

ed suddenly, "may I dr

g on." "Surely you may," she said cordially, straightway handing over th

ht. The bank of the stream just here was very high and steep, though just beyond was a ford where the road branched. The light buckboard offered no resistance to the spirited mustangs, and, in a second, before Blue Bonnet could grasp the reins, one hind wheel had slipped an inch or two over the ledge. For a second or t

hanks of the terrified girls, their rescuer turned at once to his own horse, which had seized the moment to make a break for freedom. The boy-for he was hardly more-had thrown the lines over the animal's head and now, with another of his incredibly swift movements, he caught them and in a second more had jerked the horse about. Then i

from her seat. Fearfully the girl approached and bent over the fallen hero; to her relief sh

of me-that's all," he managed to say at last; and then, a

finding her voice. "I hope

wrist, I reckon-broken or sprained." He examined the injured member closely an

nnet with a very serious face. "We shall have to get a doctor to set his arm right aw

we can take him to the doctor, that

tedly at his injured arm. "Say," she began hesitatingly; she wished she knew his

rfully. "Be-with you-in a min

Sarah. "We're terribly

for a moment, fighting the dizziness with all the pride of his seventeen years, then giving in sheepishly, let her lead him to the buckboard. Once there he leaned weakly against the wheel, while t

patiently. Then steadying himself with his right hand

nce, don't you think-for the

: "I don't know these parts. I'm camping up at the Big Spring and w

me from there," exc

. "I'd begun to think I mus

two back," expla

there, I'll not trouble you any

our arm set right aw

, adding, "He's a 'medic' from Chicago-a friend of a cousin of mine. Left college o

aw back there a ways," said

r the road they had just traversed. It was not long before they came in sight of the tent she and Sarah had n

and see if the man's there

t the high fence. "I jus

he dared trust herself to before a stranger. "Then you'll have to hold the horses.

o fingers to his lips and blew. The shrillest, most penetrating whistle the girls had ever heard pierced the air, causing the colts to l

nder his hand at the occupants of the buckboard. The youth whistled again, this time

er stride crossed the meadow and came up to the fence. After one scrutin

t really you? Glad t

boy, with an abruptness born of an aching wrist. "My nag threw me and I've broken my

t. "Just my line, dear boy. I wish it had

ank you," retorted the boy. He was white with pain and yet

ive down to the gate,-"

sn't my cousin," he replied. "These gir-er-y

" Blue Bonnet suppli

the medico, and at her affirmative

the introduction easily, though one could see that suc

rn it yet. Now, Knight,-about that arm. If Miss Ashe will drive on-there's a gate a hundred yards down the road. It

looking leather case and various packages that emitted quee

ked the patient. To have an arm set with two stran

face and twitching lips. "And I may need assistance." He sprang lightly into the seat beside the patient and made a rapid ex

he verdict which the girl

an injured tone. "Then what mak

less serious and will heal quicker," said the doctor. "I'v

onnet knew it, though they still stared off over the meadow and tried

pproval, while Knight, with his lips still trembling, looked up at him with forced cheerfulness. "Y

andanna about his ne

. Diving down underneath the seat she fished up one of the many packages. Under the in

sash!" gas

e Bonnet asked th

in a minute had slung his patient's

I hate like everything to ta

very glad to have it prove so useful. Sa

ardly that he would buy her the "fanciest article in the sash lin

up his instrument case in a professional manner, "I mus

ay with his friend. Blue Bonnet spoke up at once: "You must come with us t

t I've only a cot built for one, you know. You'll be a heap more comfortable at the Blue

ands, Knight had to submit. "It's might

heartily. "I'd have to do

he remarked with a return of his usual humor: "So long, Doc-hope yo