Chapter I: Front Matter

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--DÉBUTANTE
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'S RANCH PARTY

BY C. E. JACOBS AND EDYTH ELLERBECK READ

A SEQUEL TO A TEXAS BLUE BONNET

BY C. 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

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"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

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