THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE

  or The Girl Miner of Gold Run

  by

  LAURA LEE HOPE

  Author of "The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale," "The Outdoor Girls at WildRose Lodge," "The Moving Picture Girls," "The Bobbsey Twins," "BunnyBrown and His Sister Sue," "Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's," Etc.

  Illustrated

  New YorkGrosset & DunlapPublishersMade in the United States of America

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  BOOKS FOR GIRLS

  BY LAURA LEE HOPE

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  12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

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  THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES

  THE OUTDOOR GIRLS OF DEEPDALE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT RAINBOW LAKE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A MOTOR CAR THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A WINTER CAMP THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN FLORIDA THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT OCEAN VIEW THE OUTDOOR GIRLS ON PINE ISLAND THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN ARMY SERVICE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT THE HOSTESS HOUSE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT BLUFF POINT THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT WILD ROSE LODGE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE

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  THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS SERIES

  THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT OAK FARM THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS SNOWBOUND THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS UNDER THE PALMS THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT ROCKY RANCH THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT SEA THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS IN WAR PLAYS

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  THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES

  (Fifteen Titles)

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  THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES

  (Twelve Titles)

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  SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES

  (Eight Titles)

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  Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New YorkCopyright, 1922, by Grosset & Dunlap

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  THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE

  A LANDSLIDE--AND THEY WERE DIRECTLY IN ITS PATH!

  _The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle._ _Frontispiece_--(_Page_ 96)]

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I A SUMMER IN THE SADDLE 1

  II GREAT HOPES 9

  III ENTER PETER LEVINE 22

  IV AN IMITATION HOLD-UP 33

  V THE HANDSOME COWBOY 43

  VI AT THE RANCH 52

  VII A SUDDEN STORM 62

  VIII ALONG THE TRAIL 72

  IX DANGER AHEAD 81

  X THE LANDSLIDE 88

  XI IN THE CAVE 97

  XII IN THE DARKNESS 106

  XIII THE LURE OF GOLD 112

  XIV A DISCOVERY 120

  XV ALLEN ARRIVES 129

  XVI A TIP 137

  XVII THE NET TIGHTENS 145

  XVIII IN THE SHADOWS 154

  XIX THE NEW MINE 165

  XX THE VIOLINIST AGAIN 173

  XXI A STARTLING TALE 180

  XXII THE PLAN 188

  XXIII GREAT DAYS 198

  XXIV THE END OF PETER LEVINE 202

  XXV INNOCENT 210

  THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE