Produced by Emmy, Darleen Dove and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE RANCH GIRLS SERIES The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge BOOKS BY MARGARET VANDERCOOK THE RANCH GIRLS SERIES THE RANCH GIRLS AT RAINBOW LODGE THE RANCH GIRLS' POT OF GOLD THE RANCH GIRLS AT BOARDING SCHOOL THE RANCH GIRLS IN EUROPE THE RANCH GIRLS AT HOME AGAIN THE RANCH GIRLS AND THEIR GREAT ADVENTURE THE RED CROSS GIRLS SERIES THE RED CROSS GIRLS IN THE BRITISH TRENCHES THE RED CROSS GIRLS ON THE FRENCH FIRING LINE THE RED CROSS GIRLS IN BELGIUM THE RED CROSS GIRLS WITH THE RUSSIAN ARMY THE RED CROSS GIRLS WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY THE RED CROSS GIRLS UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES STORIES ABOUT CAMP FIRE GIRLS THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AT SUNRISE HILL THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AMID THE SNOWS THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS ACROSS THE SEA THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS' CAREERS THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN AFTER YEARS THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN THE DESERT THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AT THE END OF THE TRAIL [Illustration: SHE WAVED HER WONDERFUL PAPER BEFORE HER FRIENDS] THE RANCH GIRLS SERIES The Ranch Girls AT Rainbow Lodge BY MARGARET VANDERCOOK ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH A. BODINE THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY PHILADELPHIA Copyright, 1911, by THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. PRINTED IN U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE LOST TRAIL 9 II. IN THE SHADOW OF THE GIANT'S FACE 27 III. FRIEDA AND THE OTHER GIRL 39 IV. THE RESCUE 54 V. SEEKING ADVICE 66 VI. THE ARRIVAL AT THE HOUSE PARTY 78 VII. A VISIT TO OLD LASKA 86 VIII. THE ESCAPE FROM THE DANCE 99 IX. JACQUELINE'S MISFORTUNE 108 X. BACK TO RAINBOW LODGE 122 XI. BREAKING THE NEWS 132 XII. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DIVIDE 147 XIII. THE WET BLANKET 160 XIV. AN UNFORTUNATE ARRIVAL 172 XV. ALL SAVE, JACK! 181 XVI. WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK 193 XVII. THE ROUND-UP 202 XVIII. A RACE FOR LIFE 218 XIX. NO NEWS 227 XX. OLIVE 243 XXI. THE WAY OF ESCAPE 258 XXII. A VOICE IN THE NIGHT 266 XXIII. JACK IS HAPPY 275 XXIV. CHRISTMAS EVE 282 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS SHE WAVED HER WONDERFUL PAPER BEFORE HER FRIENDS _Frontispiece_