The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure

Produced by Al Haines
The Merriweather Girls
Made in U. S. A.
I On Their Way II A Street Leading to the Capitol III The Wash-Out IV The Desert V A Solitary Explorer VI Casa Grande VII The Map of Mystery VIII Kit's Home Folks IX Lost Canyon X The Professor's Job XI Staking a Claim XII Double Dealing XIII The Orphan Annie Claim XIV Treasure Trove XV A Spy XVI Missing XVII Indian Trading XVIII The Old Chief's Daughter Walks XIX A Brass Bound Chest XX Compliments of Kie Wicks
In Quest of Treasure
The four Merriweather Girls were assembled at the railroad station where the long string of Pullman coaches stood ready. The girls were starting on a vacation trip to the southwest.
What's the matter, now, Joy Evans? Why all the tears? Bet Baxter, her blond hair in disarray, caught the girl by the shoulders and gave her a rough but affectionate shake.
Oh, let her alone, Bet, laughed Shirley Williams. That's Joy's good-bye. She likes to weep when she goes away.
But why? insisted Bet, her blue eyes serious for a moment. We've been planning on this western trip all winter. We've thought of nothing but Arizona for months. Tell me why you are crying?
Because I feel like it, Bet Baxter, snapped Joy. It's so thrilling to be going away for a long trip, and when it comes to the luxury of a private car, why it's twice as thrilly. Joy choked as a laugh and a sob got mixed up together. Then making an elaborate but not very polite grimace at her chum, she disappeared into the car that was to carry her and her chums westward.
There, she's herself again, laughed Bet. That face indicates that Joy is happy.
Bet was glowing with excitement. It was her first long trip away from her home in Lynnwood on the Hudson, and the promise of a summer of adventure in the Arizona mountains was almost too good to be true. Or so it seemed to the girl.