The Adventure Girls at K Bar O

e taking were rolled in slickers and strapped behind their saddles. Tents, cooking utensils, and eating supplies were loaded on two pack horses which Tom was to lead

all caliber revolver e

hyllis began

plained. "Against rattlesnakes--and jack rabbits. I'm trusting

m said smiling. "I'll bet she would hav

. "But we will have to have some target prac

t," Jim interposed, "he's

ls walked back to their horses. "Why should we need

ing loose," Gale smiled. "We

d Mrs. Wilson as their horses trotted down the trail. Jim rode in front to guide them and directly behind him came Ga

r start the party halted for luncheon which they ate cold from their saddle bags, pushing on immediately. Jim

e passing of the minutes. But Valerie was too plucky to call a halt on her own account. Once she swayed

? Just say so. Jim won't

of me," Valerie pleade

all her courage to do so. Certainly Valerie deserved to conquer th

lt. He gestured with his arm to the valley below where a cool strea

, beaming, "and we've made it wi

d vigorously, voicing the relief most of them

day tomorrow," Virginia added. "It look

g, Jim, down to our camp site. I want to get set

ded from their horses there was a chorus of groans. All of them were stiff from their positions

posed. "You and Jim can do that, Tom,

ng the girls' tents. It was not long before a fire was crackling

r supper and then left her alone to fall asleep early and get as much rest as she could. The others gathered about the campfire, despite their wear

s in the tent with Valerie, a coyote howled dismal

stay here a hundred years," declared Phy

spoken Gale heard her regular b

wakened by the aroma of coffee an

leepy-heads

fe into them with its tingling properties. Breakfast was more delicious than they had ever remembered that meal to be. Perhaps it w

ng to do today?"

t said loudly, as if daring someone to contradict he

ared. She was looking a little weary thi

se!" vouch

take a walk," Madge said.

ing," Virgin

reek a ways and see if there could p

and Virginia started to walk along

hat's over the hill on the other

arted forward. Here the undergrowth was thick. In her hand Gale held the gun Mr. Wilson had given her. It was not her intention to be confronted unprepared

as something darted a

k rabbit,"

reading through the grass more warily. "I

wound around your leg," Gale decla

cactus and tangled vines, y

s. "It rather looks like a cave. I d

," Gale answered. "But I don't know in what part of the state they wer

see the man who stood in the opening. He was gazing

nk robbers!" P

nd looked in their direction. The next minute

id excitedly, "let'

the cave, caution overtook them. The desperado might be lying in wait

ave, darkness, black and impenetra