"And cows!" added her brother. "I wonder whose they are?"
"Oh, I guess they live on some ranch," Janet said. "Now if we can
find the ranch house we'll be all right."
"We'll look for it," suggested Teddy. "But first we've got to have
breakfast. If I had a match I could make a fire and boil some coffee."
"Let's not bother with breakfast," suggested Janet. "I'm not very
hungry. And if we find the ranch house we can get something to eat
there. Come on, Teddy."
They got a drink at the stream, and then, rolling up what food was
left in the blanket, they got on their ponies and rode away, going
around the valley instead of into it, for Teddy saw that hills closed
it at the far end.
"There's no ranch house in that valley," he said.
The Curlytops had not ridden far before Janet, who had gone a little
ahead of Teddy, cried:
"Oh, look! Here come some cowboys!"
"I guess they belong to this ranch--the one where we saw the ponies
and cows," replied Teddy, as he saw a number of horsemen riding
toward them. The horsemen began to whoop and shout, and their horses
ran very fast toward the Curlytops.
"There's a lady with 'em," remarked Janet.
"They seem awful glad to meet us," went on Teddy. "Look, they're
wavin' their hats."
And so the cowboys were. When the riders came a little nearer Teddy
and Janet rubbed their eyes in surprise,
"Why--why!" Teddy exclaimed.
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