Part 5 (2/2)
”Well, I like that!” said Mollie unperturbed ”She wants to kill et there”
”Pack?” ht?” But no one answered her
”I wonder,” mused Grace dreamily, ”if there will be a tan one--all tan, you knoithout even a spot of any other color----”
”Oh, of course,” laughed Betty ”If we haven't an all tan one in the corrals at Gold Run, we'll send to the nearest ranch and have one imported for you Don't worry your little head about that”
A little while after that they stopped at a water station, and ot off to stretch their cramped limbs And, as the conductor informed theirls followed the general exaood old solid earth under their feet oncetoot of the starting train found them quite a distance from the platform
They had not earned the title of Outdoor Girls for nothing, however, and by sprinting for all they orth they were able to make the last car just in the nick of time
”Whew, that was a close call,” said Betty as they h to their own car, where Mr and Mrs Nelson were looking frantically for them ”No more water stations for us”
Darkness fell, and the portersthe hundred and one insistent calls of the passengers
The girls went to bed with no protest whatever and were soon sleeping the sleep of healthy youth It was toward ht that they were rather rudely jerked out of this beautiful sleep by a sudden and al of the train
Betty, as sleeping in a lower berth, she and Grace having decided to take turns, sat up and peered out of the grireeted her, as she expected confidently they would Nothing but inky, startling blackness
That she was not the only one roused was proved by the subdued sound of voices raised in sleepy protest
”They ought to put that engineer in prison for stopping like that,” said a ht it was a wreck, sure,” cas dangled themselves over the side of Betty's berth and in another led nervously, but Grace clutched her ar to laugh about This is a hold-up, that's what it is! You knohat your father said about there being a lot of them around this place”
That this conclusion had been reached by some one else in the car was proved by a woman's voice that rose shrilly above the rest
”It's a hold-up, that's what it is!” she cried, adding, hat seemed to Betty ridiculous panic: ”Oh, what shall I do, what shall I do?”
”Better stop rowled another led nervously
”Goodness, I hope I don't have to get out in h the curtains
”Look out,” warned Grace, pulling her back ”You ”
”Don't be silly,” retorted Betty, not altogether decided whether to be frightened or a out there but a lot of funny looking heads sticking through the curtains”
”I don't see how you can laugh about it,” said Grace, through chattering teeth ”I don't think it would be any j-joke to have all our m-money taken from us----”