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  The Ranch Girls Series

  THE RANCH GIRLS' POT OF GOLD

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  BOOKS BY MARGARET VANDERCOOK

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  THE OLD WOMAN MUMBLED A VERSE OF POETRY]

  The Ranch Girls Series

  THE RANCH GIRLS' POT OF GOLD

  by

  MARGARET VANDERCOOK

  Illustrated by Hugh A. Bodine

  The John C. Winston CompanyPhiladelphia

  Copyright, 1912, byThe John C. Winston Company

  Printed in U. S. A.

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. THE GYPSY CARAVAN 9

  II. THE SPELL OF THE MOON 26

  III. CAUGHT IN THE TRAP 37

  IV. THE WAY TO ARCADY 46

  V. MEETING WITH NEW PEOPLE 61

  VI. A CURIOUS RESEMBLANCE 76

  VII. "A LITTLE HOUSE ON WHEELS" 87

  VIII. ALONG THE ROAD 102

  IX. "MINER'S FOLLY" 115

  X. BY THE WAYSIDE TENT 130

  XI. "WHERE'S JACK?" 141

  XII. CARLOS MAKES GOOD 152

  XIII. ENTERING WONDERLAND 163

  XIV. MR. DRUMMOND AND RALPH CHANGE PLACES 174

  XV. ELIZABETH'S STRANGE CONFESSION 182

  XVI. "OLD FAITHFUL" 196

  XVII. THE LANGUAGE OF THE FLOWERS 205

  XVIII. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN" 216

  XIX. THE SUSPENSE AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS 229

  XX. FRANK AND JACK 242

  XXI. "MY WAY'S FOR LOVE" 258

  XXII. A PARTY AT THE RANCHO 268

  XXIII. "THEIR LAST RIDE TOGETHER" 277

  XXIV. FAREWELL TO THE RAINBOW RANCH 287