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  BLUE BONNET'S RANCH PARTY

  The Blue Bonnet Series

  _By_ _Lela Horn Richards_ _and_ _Caroline E. Jacobs_

  Each, one vol., large 12mo, illustrated $1.75

  A TEXAS BLUE BONNET BLUE BONNET'S RANCH PARTY BLUE BONNET IN BOSTON BLUE BONNET KEEPS HOUSE BLUE BONNET--DEBUTANTE BLUE BONNET OF THE SEVEN STARS

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  THE COSY CORNER SERIES

  _By Caroline E. Jacobs_

  Each, one vol., small 12mo, illustrated $0.75

  BAB'S CHRISTMAS AT STANHOPE THE CHRISTMAS SURPRISE PARTY A CHRISTMAS PROMISE

  THE PAGE COMPANY

  53 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

  "BLUE BONNET . . . WATCHED THE SUN RISE OUT OF THEPRAIRIE." (_See page 303._)]

  BLUE BONNET'S RANCH PARTY

  BYC. E. JACOBSANDEDYTH ELLERBECK READ

  A SEQUEL TOA TEXAS BLUE BONNET

  BYC. E. JACOBS

  _Illustrated by_JOHN GOSS

  THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON - - PUBLISHERS

  _Copyright, 1912_ BY THE PAGE COMPANY

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  _All rights reserved_

  Made in U. S. A.

  First Impression, July, 1912 Second Impression, October, 1912 Third Impression, May, 1913 Fourth Impression, January, 1914 Fifth Impression, April, 1914 Sixth Impression, February, 1915 Seventh Impression, June, 1915 Eighth Impression, July, 1916 Ninth Impression, April, 1917 Tenth Impression, March, 1918 Eleventh Impression, July, 1919 Twelfth Impression, May, 1920 Thirteenth Impression, December, 1921

  PRINTED BY C. H. SIMONDS COMPANY BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A.

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE I. THE WANDERER 1 II. IN THE BLUE BONNET COUNTRY 16 III. THE GLORIOUS FOURTH 32 IV. THE ROUND ROBIN 45 V. THE SWIMMING HOLE 60 VI. AN ADVENTURE 71 VII. A FALLING OUT 86 VIII. CONSEQUENCES 101 IX. TEXAS AND MASSACHUSETTS 112 X. ENTER CARITA 124 XI. CAMPING BY THE BIG SPRING 142 XII. POCO TIEMPO 155 XIII. AROUND THE CAMP-FIRE 169 XIV. A FALLING IN 183 XV. SUNDAY 200 XVI. THE LOST SHEEP 215 XVII. SECRETS 230 XVIII. SOME ARRIVALS 242 XIX. BLUE BONNET'S BIRTHDAY 259 XX. CONFERENCES 275 XXI. BLUE BONNET DECIDES 290 XXII. HASTA LA VISTA 300

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE "BLUE BONNET . . . WATCHED THE SUN RISE OUT OF THE PRAIRIE" (_See page 303_) _Frontispiece_

  "COMANCHE . . . LEAPED FORWARD LIKE A CAT" 41

  "'_I_ BELIEVE THE ONLY WAY TO LEARN TO SWIM IS TO DIVE IN HEAD-FIRST'" 96

  "THEY ALL GATHERED GYPSY-FASHION ABOUT THE FIRE" 187

  "IT WAS AN EXQUISITE MINIATURE, PAINTED ON IVORY" 261

  "ALEC SURVEYED HER PROUD LITTLE PROFILE" 290

  Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party