By shaking it she
knew it was full of water.
"Say, this is good luck!" cried Teddy.
Stopping no longer to wonder who had dropped the bundle, the
Curlytops took a drink from the canteen. They had not been used to
drinking out of a bottle since they were babies, and some of the
water ran down their necks.
But they did not mind this. And, even though the water was rather
warm, they felt much better after having had a drink.
"I wish we could give the ponies some," said Janet. "But there isn't
very much, and they would drink this all up and not know they'd had
any."
"Anyhow I guess they're not thirsty, or they'd try to find water
just as the cowboys said they would," added Teddy. "They can chew the
grass."
He and Janet looked into the bundle again, and found a number of
sandwiches, together with some uncooked bacon, a little ground
coffee, a small coffee-pot and a tin cup.
"Oh, goody! We can eat the sandwiches," Janet said.
"And in the morning, when we find a spring, we can make coffee,"
added Teddy. "I know how, 'cause grandpa showed me when we were
camping on Star Island. I haven't any matches to make a fire, but
maybe I can find some."
"Will we have to stay here all night?" asked Janet anxiously.
"I spect so," her brother answered. "I don't know the way back to
the ranch house. We can't even find the rocks. We'll stay here all
night.
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