. The ranche on the Oxhide; a story of boys' and girls' life on the frontier . ady tobegin, when her mother said: — What in the world, Kate, possessed you to goaway from the house that day and to tell none ofus where you intended to go ? Why, answered Kate, I remembered thatyou were very fond of raspberries, and I thoughtthat, as they must be ripe, I would saddle Gin-ger and go up to the patch to get some, for Iwanted to surprise you. I took my little Indianbasket — Buffalo Bill found your basket on the trail theother side of Bluff Creek ford, interrupted Joe, and that is how we came to know t
. The ranche on the Oxhide; a story of boys' and girls' life on the frontier . ady tobegin, when her mother said: — What in the world, Kate, possessed you to goaway from the house that day and to tell none ofus where you intended to go ? Why, answered Kate, I remembered thatyou were very fond of raspberries, and I thoughtthat, as they must be ripe, I would saddle Gin-ger and go up to the patch to get some, for Iwanted to surprise you. I took my little Indianbasket — Buffalo Bill found your basket on the trail theother side of Bluff Creek ford, interrupted Joe, and that is how we came to know that theIndians had captured you. I remember now, said Kate, that I held onto it for a long time and then dropped it. Idont know why I kept it in my hand. Well,as I was saying, I rode out to the patch, tiedGinger to a sumac bush, and began to pick theberries, which were ripe as I had expected. Ihad nearly filled my basket when with a dashthat nearly frightened me out of my senses, aband of Indians came from the other side of thebig ledge, and before I knew where I was, I. I had nearly filled my basket. «u«i£2£
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