n the car for many a long day. And they were honestly appreciative of the

r bad start at the Hall, the attitude of at least the party of girl

from the start she had been kind to the girl from Rose Ranch. But the others hesitat

the car, and the conductor had run them into Freeling. John was th

om pneumonia for several days. The girls sent him flower

uld they do

d, after suggestions had been discussed ranging from presenting Rhoda wit

n stupidity that made her begin so unfortunately among us. She, perha

ld not do too much for the object of her approval. "Why, Nan! you speak as though you d

all the time she was in the wrong. And there is no use going to Rhoda and telling her we were w

d Amelia. "Minerva

y think of Rhoda, she would be equally offended if we all suddenly changed towa

lia. "But we cannot overlook t

not!" exclaime

talking about

g at chapel," Lillie said, "althoug

new who she mean

laughed Laura. "She will never get

She thought she was going to be publicly commended fo

ess, "what shal

the question. Let Rhoda meet us half way, at least. Otherwise we'll all be stiff and

we are waiting for. T

st, all those who had been aboard the electric car when Rhoda's self-possession had saved them from disaster-were merely courteous to the girl

oon tea was given in

ulah, Nan's

Hammond objected when Nan urged her a

crackers to the primes who will come to worship at the shrine of my Beauti

refuse Nan Sh

g you want us to do!" complained Bess one day, when yielding to Nan

at Lakeview Hall. Every girl in the school-even the seniors and juniors-knew of Beautiful Beulah, and the little girl

sent away; the older girls, dropping in one by one, were huddled on beds, chairs, the couch, and even sat Turk-fashion on

e Western girl did not realize at once how the character of the

before she knew it the girl from the West was eagerly describing her home, and telling more in ten minutes about

a great place," si

country?" sug

we call the Blue Buttes. Many mesas on their tops, you know, on which the ancient Indian peoples

interesting,"

xico by that trail came the Spanish Conquistadors, they say," Rhoda went

ne running through those hills now-on th

turedly enough. "But we don't have any Indian scares nowadays. The Indians used to

d Bess, sittin

t?" from Grace an

us, aren't you, Rhoda?

ican bandits. There is

one of the other gi

came into our neighborhood last. He drove off a band of father's horses at that time. But our boys got after him s

t mean?" asked

plunder, they say," Rhoda explained

got the plunder

ur boys got back the horses. And th

. "Why! I was just making believe about your comin

imly. "Father does not approve of sheep. The neste

nesters'?"

ike them on the ranges. They are small farmers who come and

se Ranch?" asked Nan, much more interested i

d to cache almost everything but the hard cash he had with him. He had raided two churches

s go and dig up his loot?

osterous, too-a wagon-load of gold and silver plate, altar ornaments, candlesti

it did!" the g

sly curious about what she had overheard the Mexican girl say in the