The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle

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The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle, by Laura Lee

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Title: The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run
Author: Laura Lee Hope

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THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE
or The Girl Miner of Gold Run
by
LAURA LEE HOPE
Author of "The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale," "The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge," "The Moving Picture Girls," "The Bobbsey Twins," "Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue," "Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's," Etc.
Illustrated

New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Made in the United States of America
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BOOKS FOR GIRLS
BY LAURA LEE HOPE
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12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
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THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS OF DEEPDALE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT RAINBOW LAKE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A MOTOR CAR THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A WINTER CAMP THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN FLORIDA THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT OCEAN VIEW THE OUTDOOR GIRLS ON PINE ISLAND THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN ARMY SERVICE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT THE HOSTESS HOUSE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT BLUFF POINT THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT WILD ROSE LODGE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE
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THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS SERIES
THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT OAK FARM THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS SNOWBOUND THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS UNDER THE PALMS THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT ROCKY RANCH THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT SEA THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS IN WAR PLAYS
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THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES
(Fifteen Titles)
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THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES
(Twelve Titles)
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SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES
(Eight Titles)
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Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York Copyright, 1922, by Grosset & Dunlap
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THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE
[Illustration: A LANDSLIDE--AND THEY WERE DIRECTLY IN ITS PATH!
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle. Frontispiece--(Page 96)]

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I A SUMMER IN THE SADDLE 1
II GREAT HOPES 9
III ENTER PETER LEVINE 22
IV AN IMITATION HOLD-UP 33
V THE HANDSOME COWBOY 43
VI AT THE RANCH 52
VII A SUDDEN STORM 62
VIII ALONG THE TRAIL 72
IX DANGER AHEAD 81
X THE LANDSLIDE 88
XI IN THE CAVE 97
XII IN THE DARKNESS 106
XIII THE LURE OF GOLD 112
XIV A DISCOVERY 120
XV ALLEN ARRIVES 129
XVI A TIP 137
XVII THE NET TIGHTENS 145
XVIII IN THE SHADOWS 154
XIX THE NEW MINE 165
XX THE VIOLINIST AGAIN 173
XXI A STARTLING TALE 180
XXII THE PLAN 188
XXIII GREAT DAYS 198
XXIV THE END OF PETER LEVINE 202
XXV INNOCENT 210

THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE
CHAPTER I
A SUMMER IN THE SADDLE
"Hello, hello! Oh, what is the matter with central!"
The dark-haired, pink-cheeked girl at the telephone jiggled the receiver impatiently while a straight line of impatience marred her pretty mouth.
"Oh dear, oh dear!"
"At last! Is that you, Mollie Billette? I've been trying to get you for the last half hour. What's that? You've been home all morning twiddling your thumbs and wondering what to do with yourself? Of course! I knew it was central's fault all the time! Now listen! Goodness, what are you having over at your house? A jazz dance or something? I can hardly hear you speak for the noise."
"No, it isn't a dance," came back Mollie's voice wearily from the other end of the wire. "It's just the twins. They want to talk to you. Hold the wire a minute while I shut them in the other room."
Followed a silence during which Betty Nelson could distinctly hear the wails of Mollie's little brother and sister as they were ushered forcibly into an adjoining room. Then Mollie's voice again at the phone.
"Hello," she said. "Still there, Betty? Guess I can hear you a little better now. Mother's out, and I've been taking care of the twins. Just rescued the cat from being dumped head down in the flour barrel."
"Sounds natural," laughed the dark-haired, pink-cheeked one, as she visualized Mollie's little brother and sister, Dodo and Paul. They were twins, and always in trouble.
"Anything special you called up about?" asked Mollie's voice from the other end of the wire. "Want to go for a ride or something?"
"Not the kind of ride you mean," said the brown-eyed, pink-cheeked one, with a knowing little smile on her lips.
At the lilt in her voice Mollie, at her end of the wire, sat up and stared inquiringly into