THE GIRL SCOUTS ON THE RANCH CONTENTS CHAPTER Page I COMMENCEMENT WEEK 3 II GOODBYES 16 III THE WEEK-END AT THE SHORE 30 IV DAISY’S SISTER 42 V THE TWO LIEUTENANTS 54 VI THE RANCH 68 VII MARJORIE’S RIVAL 82 VIII THE STAMPEDE 94 IX THE PICNIC 109 X THE SCOUT MEETING 122 XI DOROTHY’S ADVICE 134 XII THE PACK TRIP 142 XIII NIGHT FEARS 154 XIV THE SEARCH 170 XV REVELATIONS 179 XVI JOHN’S MISSION 187 XVII THE SCOUT PARTY 199 XVIII THE TRIP TO YELLOWSTONE 212 XIX THE INVITATION 222 XX MARJORIE’S GOOD TURN 234 XXI THE SCOUT’S SURPRISE 246 [Illustration: As soon as they had concluded their breakfast, Kirk, Marjorie and Daisy started back for camp. (_Page 200_) (_The Girl Scouts on the Ranch._)] THE GIRL SCOUTS ON THE RANCH BY EDITH LAVELL AUTHOR OF “_The Girl Scouts at Miss Allen’s School_,” “_The Girl Scouts’ Good Turn_,” “_The Girl Scouts’ Canoe Trip_,” “_The Girl Scouts’ Rivals_,” “_The Girl Scouts at Camp_.” [Illustration] A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York THE GIRL SCOUTS SERIES A Series of Stories for Girl Scouts By EDITH LAVELL The Girl Scouts at Miss Allen’s School The Girl Scouts at Camp The Girl Scouts’ Good Turn The Girl Scouts’ Canoe Trip The Girl Scouts’ Rivals The Girl Scouts on the Ranch Copyright, 1923 By A. L. BURT COMPANY ------ THE GIRL SCOUTS ON THE RANCH Made in “U. S. A.” THE GIRL SCOUTS ON THE RANCH. CHAPTER I. COMMENCEMENT WEEK. Every door and every window of Miss Allen’s Boarding School stood wide open in hospitality to welcome the guests of the graduating class. For it was Commencement Week, and visitors were coming from far and wide to see the exercises. Upstairs in the dormitories, confusion reigned everywhere. Trunks, half-packed, their lids wide open and their trays on the floor, lined the hallways; dresses were lying about in profusion on chairs and beds; great bunches of flowers filled the vases and pitchers; and rooms were bereft of their hangings and furnishings. Girls, girls everywhere! In party dresses or kimonos they rushed about their rooms or bent over their trunks in the hall. Everybody seemed in mad haste to accomplish the impossible. Marjorie Wilkinson and Lily Andrews were no less excited than the other seniors. They not only shared in the mad whirl of social events and class activities, but as officers they were responsible for their success. When dances and picnics were to be arranged, studying and packing were out of the question for them.