ttle ground coffee, a
small coffee-pot and a tin cup.

"Oh, goody! We can eat the sandwiches," Janet said.

"And in the morning, when we find a spring, we can make coffee," added
Teddy. "I know how, 'cause grandpa showed me when we were camping on
Star Island. I haven't any matches to make a fire, but maybe I can find
some."

"Will we have to stay here all night?" asked Janet anxiously.

"I spect so," her brother answered. "I don't know the way back to the
ranch house. We can't even find the rocks. We'll stay here all night. It
isn't cold, and now we have a blanket we can wrap up in it like the
cowboys do. And we've something to eat and drink."

"But mother and daddy will be awful worried," said Janet.

"Well, they'll maybe come and find us," answered Teddy. "Look out!" he
cried. "Clipclap's going off again!"

Indeed the little pony seemed to want to walk away, and so did Star
Face.

"Maybe they know where to go to find water," suggested Janet.

"Maybe," agreed Ted. "Let's let 'em go, and we'll go with 'em. That
water in the canteen won't be enough till morning."

The children ate nearly all of the sandwiches, and put away the rest of
the food in the blanket which Teddy strapped around it. Then they
mounted their ponies, Ted taking the bundle with him, and let the
animals wander which way they would.

"They'll go to water if they're thirsty enough," Teddy said.

"Who do you s'pose dropped that bundle?" asked Janet.

"A cowboy," her brother answered.

"One from Ring Rosy Ranch?"

"Maybe."

"Oh, I hope he did, and that he's around here somewhere," went on Janet.
"I'm tired of being lost!"

"We've only just begun," Teddy said. But, truth to tell, he wished very
much that they were both safe back at the ranch house with their mother.

On and on over the moonlit prairies went Star Face and Clipclap. They
seemed to know where they were going and did not stop. Ted and Janet
were too tired to guide them. They were both getting sleepy.

Pretty soon Janet saw ahead of her something glistening in the stretch
of the prairie. The moonlight seemed to sparkle on it.

"Oh, look, Ted!" she cried, pointing.

"It's water--a little river!" he exclaimed. "The ponies have led us to
water!"

And so the animals had. Teddy and Janet slipped from their ponies' backs
at the edge of the stream and then Star Face and Clipclap took long
drinks. Ted emptied the canteen, filled it with the cooler water, and he
and Janet dr