The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure

t was over there

n a girl leave the hotel about seven o'clock. "She walke

ll right. Nothing can happen to he

" Kit looked anxiously toward the hill. "I can't imagine why

hasn't any right to run off like this and frighten us." And if Bet had met her a

gn of her on the street leading up to the

e wa

ything will happen to her, but I'm responsible and

anned. They were in no mood to be impressed by the majesty of the building

the hotel and wait. Maybe she's there by

urned when the party

ivered at the thought. Their laughing Joy

kins the colored steward on their train, walked in leading

n and threw her arms about her. "You darling! We thought you were lost and

in until she had reached her own r

o frightened

and hours before the rest of you and I couldn't sleep. And when I'm at home I always

up there, thinking we

? The hotel is at th

ense of humor returned. "I wouldn't have believed it possible to get lost,

hat hap

so dumb!"

ing we don't kn

ee it again! It stands up there on that hill as if it were the most important thing in the world, and

w which street you

, up and down and up and down. Why I've seen t

ake a taxi to the hote

ir

head. "But the taxi man laughed at me. I didn't know the name of the hotel

ittle kid,"

i driver as much as to say I was crazy. Then I got frightened

all those streets a

of them, I guess. Then I remembered the

way? You could have t

n

wasn't going to be laughed at any more. I cou

r go sight-seeing. We've wasted half

o sight-seeing!" s

do want to see Washington." Bet's voice was raised to a point where ang

ave this city without seeing everything-the

scream if I ever lay eyes on that dome again! I've

in the car while we ta

the still half

e finally exclaimed. "The breakfast at the

s. "Enid, you take her down the block to that restaurant and get her

w the line at that." She laugh

ced that even the sight of the Capitol wou

th a good deal of teasing, and the Judge noticed that she

earned he

to another. I don't like it. My eyes ache from looking at so many pictures. Imagine two galleries in one

yed by all the girls, and when they caught sight of the old mansi

but I think Merriweathe

e. To me it's just the loveliest place in the world. I wouldn't change it for

sekeeper is gettin

t hear of it and she won't retire. So what are we to do?" said Bet wistfully. "You know Dad

re Washington had lived. He once sat at that very table, used thos

, owner of the estate. There must have been gay parties in this house. Bet shut her eyes for a second and could see the belles of that

et's come and live for a winter in Washington. Then we can see things thor

. "There's that Capitol. I cou

w days later, they welcomed the announcement

d they settled down for the two days' trip to Arizona.

it away. She had taken so many pictures in Wash

the south-land, where the huts of the negroes added a picturesque touch to the landscape. Charming li

s of a little gift shop in Lynnwood. She had helped to support her parents and been able to continue at school with her chums. In this venture, The Merriweat

, together with her talent for photography, was

nerves of the girls. But there was no complaint. They looked ahead to the wonderful experi

us about the

and I can't change them. Now you'll just have to get disap

ke impa

nders handsome?"

ied-up desert rat. In looks Seedy was nothing at all. Only when he was in the saddle did he shine, for he could throw a rope better tha

dsome. He's old, and plain and

cowboys on the screen are the real thing. Just see how they can ride and

And don't worry, we'll find a handsome cowboy i

of her fingers. "I'll pick my own. Kit is trying to discourag