"All right," agreed Janet.
The saddles had not been taken off their ponies. Their mother and
Aunt Millie saw them go out and, supposing they were only going to
ride around the barn and ranch buildings, as they had done before,
said nothing to them.
But Ted was no sooner in the saddle than he turned to his sister and
said:
"Jan, why can't we go riding the trail after the Indians?"
"What! We two alone?"
"Yes. We know the way over to the rocks where we found Clipclap in
the cave, and from there we can ride farther on, just like daddy and
Uncle Frank. Come on!"
Janet thought for a minute. She wanted to go as much as did Teddy.
It did not seem very wrong.
"Well, we'll ride a little way," she said. "But we've got to come
back before dark."
"All right," agreed Teddy. "We will!"
And the Curlytops rode away over the prairie.
CHAPTER XVIII
LOST
Clipclap and Star Face, the two sturdy little ponies, trotted
bravely along, carrying Teddy and Janet on their backs. The ponies
did not wonder where they were going--they hardly ever did that. They
were satisfied to go wherever their master or mistress guided them,
for they knew the children would be good to them.
"Do you s'pose we'll find any Indians?" asked Janet after a while.
"Maybe," answered Teddy. "Are you scared?"
"No," replied his sister slowly. "I was just thinking maybe we could
find 'em, and get back Uncle Frank's horses, even if the cowboys
didn't.
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