Vandercook Margaret. The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire
CHAPTER I. THE BRANCH OF THE TREE
CHAPTER II. THE YOUNGER SET
CHAPTER III. OLD PASTIMES
CHAPTER IV. A FORMER ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER V. JEAN, OLIVE AND FRIEDA
CHAPTER VI. JEAN AND RALPH MERRITT
CHAPTER VII. THE TEA PARTY
CHAPTER VIII. AN INTERVIEW
CHAPTER IX. A YEAR LATER
CHAPTER X. A MAIDEN SPEECH
CHAPTER XI. THE PROPOSALS
CHAPTER XII. A DECISION
CHAPTER XIII. THE CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XIV. IN THE THICK OF THE FIGHT
CHAPTER XV. CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XVI. THE ELECTION
CHAPTER XVII. THE HEART'S DESIRE
Отрывок из книги
The front yard of the Rainbow lodge appeared an extremely small playground for a boy accustomed to covering many miles of the broad ranch and the adjoining country in the course of each day. Yet as Jim Colter's word was law on the Rainbow ranch Jimmie Kent had no thought of breaking parole.
He glanced up at the double rows of tall cottonwood trees which led from the lodge to the gate. Almost impossibly difficult trees to climb because of their tall, smooth trunks and the branches so high overhead! A warm September day and Rainbow creek not half a mile away! Jimmie taxed his imagination until he could well-nigh feel himself swimming about in the cool freshness of the little stream, deeper than usual at the present time because of the abundant September rains. When one's swim ended, not far away were his mother, his Aunt Jean and her husband Ralph Merritt, a clever mining engineer. The family was to meet this afternoon to discuss the possibility of sinking a new shaft into the old Rainbow mine with the hope of striking a new lode.
.....
"Suppose we sit down a while, Jim," Jack answered. "You are not sleepy, are you? It is too lovely a night!"
Walking over to the hammock, Jack pulled up a warm covering over her son and as he smiled up at her, whispered,
