CHAPTER XX
BACK TO RING ROSY
"I hope the Curlytops won't ride too far," said Mrs. Martin, coming
out into the kitchen to help with the work.
She had just got Trouble to sleep after Teddy and Janet had brought
him in from the haymow before riding off on their ponies.
"Oh, I guess they won't," Aunt Millie answered.
But, could Mrs. Martin and Aunt Millie have seen them, they would
have been much surprised to know where the Curlytops then were.
As you know, they were riding along the trail after the Indians.
The hours went on until it was late afternoon. And then, when the
children did not come back, Mrs. Martin began to be alarmed. She went
to the top of a low hill not far away from the ranch house and looked
across the prairie.
"I can't see them," she said, when she came back.
"Oh, don't worry," returned Aunt Millie. "They'll be along pretty
soon. And, anyhow, there is no danger."
"But--the Indians?" questioned Mrs. Martin.
"Oh, they are far enough off by this time," said the ranch owner's
wife. "They won't bother the Curly tops."
But Mother Martin did worry, and when supper time came near and
Janet and Teddy were not yet back, Aunt Millie, too, began to think
it strange.
"What do you suppose could happen?" asked Mrs. Martin. "I wish Dick
were here."
"Oh, lots of little things might happen," said Aunt Millie. "The
children may have ridden farther than they meant to.
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