"
"How do we get out there?"
"I see you have a couple of ladies with you, and I shall telephone over
to my manager to send a carriage in for them, and horses for the use of
you boys. How many horses and saddles will you need? There are plenty at
the ranch."
"We will need eight horses. One of the ladies prefers to ride, and we'll
need a gentle pony for the small boy, whose experience is limited."
"Sidesaddle for the lady?"
"No," said Ted, with a grin, "this young lady will not use one. She is a
cowgirl, and rides a man's saddle."
"All right, my boy. The outfit will be here in the morning. By the way,
I am going to have some other guests. I suppose you will not object."
"Certainly not."
"One of them is a young New Yorker, who has come West to invest in ranch
property, and who has brought his sister with him. Charming people. The
other is a rather uncouth person, but you will forgive his
eccentricities, I am sure. To tell you the truth, he often grates on me,
but I overlook it because he has lacked advantages.
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