. Who do
you think her visitors were?"

"Mrs. Latham and Reginald!" cried the other three girls at once.

"It is all so plain," argued Ruth. "Mr. Latham probably told his sister,
last night, that he had seen Eunice, and meant to come here, this
morning, and find out who the child really was. Mrs. Latham and Reginald
then rushed here to get the squaw and the child out of the way until they
could have time to plan."

"But what shall we do now?" asked Mollie, her eyes full of tears. "I do
not believe Mrs. Latham and Reginald will be content with sending Eunice
and her grandmother back to their own hill. Mr. Latham could follow them
up there. I know they will try to spirit Eunice away altogether. They
will not wait. Oh, what, what can we do?"

"I know," Ruth answered quietly.

"Have you any money, girls?" she inquired. "I have twenty-five dollars
with me."

"I have twenty with me," Grace replied. "I have ten," declared Bab. "And
I have only five," Mollie answered.

"Then we are all right for money," said Ruth. "Naki," she continued,
turning to their guide, who had now come out to them, "I want you to give
this note to Aunt Sallie and Mr. Latham when they come here. It will
explain all. Tell them not to worry. I shall send a telegram before
night."

Taking a piece of paper from her pocket, Ruth hurriedly wrote a letter of
some length.

"Now, let's be off!" Ruth insisted.

"What are you going to do now, Ruth Stuart?" Mollie demanded.

"Why, what can we do," Ruth replied, "except go straight up to the wigwam
for Eunice and run away with her before anyone else can."

"Run away with her!" faltered Grace.

"What else can we do?" queried Ruth. "If we delay in getting Eunice out
of Mrs. Latham's and Reginald's clutches, they will place the child where
no one can ever find her. Mrs. Latham will then persuade her brother to
give up his search. We must save Eunice."

"But what will Aunt Sallie say?" cried Barbara.

"I have written Aunt Sallie," Ruth explained, "that we would take Eunice
to a nearby town. We can telegraph Aunt Sallie from there."

"But, suppose, Ruth," Grace suggested, "the Indian grandmother will not
let Eunice go with us."

"Never mind, Grace," Bab retorted, "'The Automobile Girls' must overcome
obstacles. I believe the old grandmother will let Eunice come with us, if
we tell her the whole story. We must explain that Mr. Winthrop Latham
wants to see Eunice in order to be kind to her and not to h