They knew the
horses and cattle would have water to drink and grass to eat, and
they'd stay here a long while--until the Indians would have a chance
to drive 'em farther away and sell 'em.
"Yes, that's just what they did. I never thought of this valley,
though I saw it quite a few years ago. I've never been here since.
The Indians knew it would be a good place to hide the horses they
stole, and we might never have found 'em if it hadn't been for you
Curlytops."
"I'm glad!" said Teddy.
"So'm I," said Janet, "and I'm hungry, too!"
"Well, well soon have you back at Ring Rosy Ranch, where there's a
good breakfast!" laughed Baldy. "Well! Well! To think of you
Curlytops finding what we cowboys were looking all over for!"
"And are daddy and Uncle Frank looking for these horses and cattle?"
asked Teddy.
"Yes. And for the Indians that took 'em. But I guess they won't find
either," Baldy answered.
And Baldy was right. Some hours after the Curlytops were back at
Ring Rosy Ranch, in rode Uncle Frank and the others. They had not
found what they had gone after, and you can imagine how surprised
they all were when told that Ted and Janet had, by accident, found
the lost cattle and horses in the hidden valley.
"You're regular cowboys!" cried Uncle Frank.
"I knew they'd turn out all right when they learned to ride
ponyback!" said Daddy Martin. "Though you mustn't ride on the trail
alone after Indians again!" he said.
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