"Surest thing you know!" added Dave.
They had already sent word ahead as to what train they were taking, and when they arrived at Livingston they found Dunston Porter on hand to greet them. Then a quick run was made to Gardiner, and there all took a stage into the Park to the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel.
"There they are! I see them!" cried Laura.
"Oh, look how sunburnt they are!" exclaimed Jessie, and then both girls made a wild dash from the hotel veranda to where the stage was stopping. In the meantime, Dave had jumped from the seat and soon he was shaking hands with Jessie and had kissed his sister. Then the others came up, and there was general rejoicing.
"We have been around the Park once, on a stage," said Laura.
"But we are going again, on horseback and to camp out!" declared Jessie.
"Fine!" cried Dave. "Couldn't be better!"
"And to think you found that mine!" cried Laura, to Roger. "Oh, how glad I was to hear it!"
"We were all glad!" put in Mrs. Wadsworth.
"And you shot a mountain lion!" cried Jessie. "Oh, Dave!" And she fairly beamed on the youth.