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The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure By: Lizette M. Edholm |
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The Merriweather Girls
IN QUEST OF TREASURE
BY LIZETTE M. EDHOLM AUTHOR OF "THE MERRIWEATHER GIRLS" SERIES THE GOLDSMITH PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO
COPYRIGHT 1932 BY LIZETTE M. EDHOLM Made in U. S. A.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I On Their Way
II A Street Leading to the Capitol
III The Wash Out
IV The Desert
V A Solitary Explorer
VI Casa Grande
VII The Map of Mystery
VIII Kit's Home Folks
IX Lost Canyon
X The Professor's Job
XI Staking a Claim
XII Double Dealing
XIII The "Orphan Annie" Claim
XIV Treasure Trove
XV A Spy
XVI Missing
XVII Indian Trading
XVIII The Old Chief's Daughter Walks
XIX A Brass Bound Chest
XX "Compliments of Kie Wicks"
In Quest of Treasure
CHAPTER I ON THEIR WAY The four Merriweather Girls were assembled at the railroad station
where the long string of Pullman coaches stood ready. The girls were
starting on a vacation trip to the southwest. "What's the matter, now, Joy Evans? Why all the tears?" Bet Baxter,
her blond hair in disarray, caught the girl by the shoulders and gave
her a rough but affectionate shake. "Oh, let her alone, Bet," laughed Shirley Williams. "That's Joy's
good bye. She likes to weep when she goes away." "But why?" insisted Bet, her blue eyes serious for a moment. "We've
been planning on this western trip all winter. We've thought of
nothing but Arizona for months. Tell me why you are crying?" "Because I feel like it, Bet Baxter," snapped Joy. "It's so thrilling
to be going away for a long trip, and when it comes to the luxury of a
private car, why it's twice as thrilly." Joy choked as a laugh and a
sob got mixed up together. Then making an elaborate but not very
polite grimace at her chum, she disappeared into the car that was to
carry her and her chums westward. "There, she's herself again," laughed Bet. "That face indicates that
Joy is happy." Bet was glowing with excitement. It was her first long trip away from
her home in Lynnwood on the Hudson, and the promise of a summer of
adventure in the Arizona mountains was almost too good to be true. Or
so it seemed to the girl. Her one regret was that her father was not coming with her. From the
observation car she was calling her farewell messages to him as he
stood on the platform of the station. Bet was his only child and the
responsibility of looking after her and trying to make up for the loss
of her mother, was sometimes a heavy burden on Colonel Baxter. There
was an anxious look in his face now, although he knew that his daughter
would be well taken care of by Judge Breckenridge and his wife, who had
invited Bet and her chums to be their guests for the summer. Anyone but an over anxious parent would have felt confident that Bet
Baxter could look out for herself under any circumstances. Her
straight young body had poise and assurance of power and she had a
resourcefulness of mind that made her a leader among her friends. Bet was nearer to real tears than she would have admitted to any one.
Back there was her father, the very best chum she had, and to be going
away where she could not see him every week end made a strange catch in
her breath. Shirley realized what Bet was experiencing and stepping to her side,
called gaily to the Colonel. "Hold that pose, Colonel. I'm going to take a picture of you." Wherever one saw Shirley, they usually saw a camera for she rarely let
it out of her hands during a trip, and now as the shutter clicked she
said to Bet: "That's the third picture I've taken of him. You'll have
those to look at." "Thanks, Shirley, that's good of you. And I shouldn't feel so
frightfully homesick for Dad may come out to see us in a few weeks." "Oh, won't that be great," exclaimed Shirley. "He is just like one of
the boys." "Doesn't it seem strange not to have the boys here to bid us good bye... Continue reading book >>
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