, 1920
Thirteenth Impression, December, 1921

PRINTED BY C. H. SIMONDS COMPANY
BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE WANDERER 1
II. IN THE BLUE BONNET COUNTRY 16
III. THE GLORIOUS FOURTH 32
IV. THE ROUND ROBIN 45
V. THE SWIMMING HOLE 60
VI. AN ADVENTURE 71
VII. A FALLING OUT 86
VIII. CONSEQUENCES 101
IX. TEXAS AND MASSACHUSETTS 112
X. ENTER CARITA 124
XI. CAMPING BY THE BIG SPRING 142
XII. POCO TIEMPO 155
XIII. AROUND THE CAMP-FIRE 169
XIV. A FALLING IN 183
XV. SUNDAY 200
XVI. THE LOST SHEEP 215
XVII. SECRETS 230
XVIII. SOME ARRIVALS 242
XIX. BLUE BONNET'S BIRTHDAY 259
XX. CONFERENCES 275
XXI. BLUE BONNET DECIDES 290
XXII. HASTA LA VISTA 300

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
"BLUE BONNET . . . WATCHED THE SUN RISE OUT OF THE PRAIRIE"
(_See page 303_) _Frontispiece_

"COMANCHE . . . LEAPED FORWARD LIKE A CAT" 41

"'_I_ BELIEVE THE ONLY WAY TO LEARN TO SWIM IS TO DIVE IN
HEAD-FIRST'" 96

"THEY ALL GATHERED GYPSY-FASHION ABOUT THE FIRE" 187

"IT WAS AN EXQUISITE MINIATURE, PAINTED ON IVORY" 261

"ALEC SURVEYED HER PROUD LITTLE PROFILE" 290

Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party

CHAPTER I

THE WANDERER

BLUE BONNET put her head out of the car window for the hundredth time
that hour, and drew it back with a sigh of utter exasperation.

"Uncle Cliff," she declared impatiently, "if The Wanderer doesn't move
a little faster I'll simply have to get out and push!"

"Better blame the engine, Honey," said Uncle Cliff in his slow,
soothing way. "The Wanderer is doing her best. Might as well blame the
wagon for not making the horses gallop!"

"I know," she confessed. "But it seems as if we'd never get to
Woodford. This