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BLUE BONNET'S RANCH PARTY
The Blue Bonnet Series
_By_ _Lela Horn Richards_ _and_ _Caroline E. Jacobs_
Each, one vol., large 12mo, illustrated $1.75
A TEXAS BLUE BONNET BLUE BONNET'S RANCH PARTY BLUE BONNET IN BOSTON BLUE BONNET KEEPS HOUSE BLUE BONNET--DEBUTANTE BLUE BONNET OF THE SEVEN STARS
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THE COSY CORNER SERIES
_By Caroline E. Jacobs_
Each, one vol., small 12mo, illustrated $0.75
BAB'S CHRISTMAS AT STANHOPE THE CHRISTMAS SURPRISE PARTY A CHRISTMAS PROMISE
THE PAGE COMPANY
53 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
"BLUE BONNET . . . WATCHED THE SUN RISE OUT OF THEPRAIRIE." (_See page 303._)]
BLUE BONNET'S RANCH PARTY
BYC. E. JACOBSANDEDYTH ELLERBECK READ
A SEQUEL TOA TEXAS BLUE BONNET
BYC. E. JACOBS
_Illustrated by_JOHN GOSS
THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON - - PUBLISHERS
_Copyright, 1912_ BY THE PAGE COMPANY
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_All rights reserved_
Made in U. S. A.
First Impression, July, 1912 Second Impression, October, 1912 Third Impression, May, 1913 Fourth Impression, January, 1914 Fifth Impression, April, 1914 Sixth Impression, February, 1915 Seventh Impression, June, 1915 Eighth Impression, July, 1916 Ninth Impression, April, 1917 Tenth Impression, March, 1918 Eleventh Impression, July, 1919 Twelfth Impression, May, 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