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قراءة كتاب The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire
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THE RANCH GIRLS SERIES
The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire
BY MARGARET VANDERCOOK
ILLUSTRATED BY
WILSON V. CHAMBERS
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA
Copyright, 1920, by
The John C. Winston Co.
Before Leaving, She Explained to the Old Half-Indian Woman That She Would Not Return Until Dinner Time
CONTENTS
| I. | The Branch of the Tree | 9 |
| II. | The Younger Set | 20 |
| III. | Old Pastimes | 32 |
| IV. | A Former Acquaintance | 47 |
| V. | Jean, Olive and Frieda | 58 |
| VI. | Jean and Ralph Merritt | 75 |
| VII. | The Tea Party | 91 |
| VIII. | An Interview | 104 |
| IX. | A Year Later | 117 |
| X. | A Maiden Speech | 129 |
| XI. | The Proposals | 140 |
| XII. | A Decision | 152 |
| XIII. | The Campaign | 169 |
| XIV. | In the Thick of the Fight | 178 |
| XV. | Consequences | 192 |
| XVI. | The Election | 204 |
| XVII. | The Heart's Desire | 217 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire
CHAPTER I
THE BRANCH OF THE TREE
Across a wide prairie a man and woman were riding side by side at an hour approaching twilight on a September afternoon. Moving slowly they appeared to be studying the landscape.
Toward the west the sky was banked with gold and rose and purple clouds, while the earth revealed the same colors in the yellow sand of the desert spaces, the wide fields of purple clover, and the second blooming of the prairie roses.
"Strange to have you living at the old Rainbow ranch again, Jack, and yet under the circumstances perhaps the most natural thing in the world! Long ago when I was a young fellow I learned that when human beings are hurt they follow the instincts of the homing birds who seek the nest. You have always loved the old ranch better than any place in the world, more than the other girls ever loved it, so with the news of your husband's death I knew you would return from England and bring your son with you, Lady Kent, once Jacqueline Ralston of the Rainbow ranch. Somehow I never have learned to think of you, Jack, by your title of Lady Kent."