"
"Maybe we could!" cried Teddy. "That would be _great_! Wouldn't
daddy be surprised!"
"And Uncle Frank, too!" added Janet
"Yes, and the cowboys! Then they'd think we could ride all right!"
went on Ted.
"Come on, let's hurry! Gid-dap!" he called to Clipclap.
"Where are we going first?" asked Janet.
"To the rocks, where we found my pony in the cave," answered her
brother, as he patted the little animal on the neck. "The cowboy said
he saw the Indians near there."
"Maybe they're hiding in the cave," suggested Janet.
"No, they wouldn't do that," Teddy decided, after thinking it over
awhile.
"They'd be afraid to stay so near Uncle Frank's ranch. Anyhow the
cave isn't big enough."
"It was big enough for Clipclap."
"Yes, but he's a little pony. Anyhow, we'll look in the cave and
then we'll ride on along the trail until we catch up to daddy and
Uncle Frank."
"What'll they say?"
"I guess they'll be s'prised."
"Maybe they'll make us go back."
"Well, if they do we'll have some fun, anyhow," said Teddy,
laughing. "Gid-dap, Clipclap."
"It's a good thing we've two ponies instead of one goat," remarked
Janet, after they had ridden on a little farther.
"Course it is," agreed Ted. "We couldn't both ride Nicknack, though
he could pull us both in the wagon."
"Maybe he'd be afraid of Indians," suggested Janet.
"No, I don't guess he would," answered Teddy, after some reflection.
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