“Exactly,” Phyllis agreed. “That was during the fight.”
“Fight? Don’t be so aggravating!” stormed Janet. “Give us the details!”
“All right,” Valerie said laughingly, “we’ll tell you, and maybe next time you will stay with us for your excitement.”
Phyllis told of her and Tom’s arrival at the ranch house and Gale and Valerie took turns describing what had happened at the ranch house. The other girls were half glad and half sorry that they had been absent. They were glad they had not had to face the two bandits, but at the same time sorry because they had missed the excitement.
“Gosh,” mourned Janet, “nothing happens when we are around.”
“Never mind,” consoled Valerie, “Tom says we will get a reward and you can help us spend it.”
“Hurrah! How much do you get?” demanded Carol brightly.
“I don’t know,” Gale answered. “Anyway, we shall probably have to wait until the prisoners are safely in jail. That means we won’t be able to go home day after tomorrow.”
“Oh well, if we stay another day or two it doesn’t make any difference,” Madge said, dismissing that subject abruptly. “What do you propose to do with your reward?”
“We hadn’t thought about it,” Valerie said. “We shall all have to put our heads together and think of something--not anything crazy!” she said with a glance at Janet and Carol.