The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold
The Ranch Girls Series
THE RANCH GIRLS' POT OF GOLD
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BOOKS BY MARGARET VANDERCOOK
THE RANCH GIRLS SERIES
THE RANCH GIRLS AT RAINBOW LODGE THE RANCH GIRLS' POT OF GOLD THE RANCH GIRLS AT BOARDING SCHOOL THE RANCH GIRLS IN EUROPE THE RANCH GIRLS AT HOME AGAIN THE RANCH GIRLS AND THEIR GREAT ADVENTURE
THE RED CROSS GIRLS SERIES
THE RED CROSS GIRLS IN THE BRITISH TRENCHES THE RED CROSS GIRLS ON THE FRENCH FIRING LINE THE RED CROSS GIRLS IN BELGIUM THE RED CROSS GIRLS WITH THE RUSSIAN ARMY THE RED CROSS GIRLS WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY THE RED CROSS GIRLS UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES
STORIES ABOUT CAMP FIRE GIRLS
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AT SUNRISE HILL THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AMID THE SNOWS THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS ACROSS THE SEA THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS' CAREERS THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN AFTER YEARS THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN THE DESERT THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AT THE END OF THE TRAIL
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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