The home-coming of the Rovers was, as usual, made a gala event. The three mothers had come down to meet their children and there was a happy reunion at the Grand Central Terminal, and then the three families drove off in their automobiles to their homes on Riverside Drive. A little later the fathers of the young folks came in from downtown, and that night there was a grand dinner spread for all in Tom Rover’s house.
“Gosh, it’s good to be home once more, Mother!” cried Andy, and hugged his parent from one side while his twin hugged her from the other.
“And it’s mighty good to think that we can all be together,” came from Jack. “It’s so different from what it was when the war was going on.”
“Oh, please don’t speak of the war! I never want to hear of it again!” put in Martha.
“And to think we’re all going out to Big Horn Ranch!” burst out Fred. “Isn’t that just the grandest ever?”
CHAPTER XVIII
ON THE WAY WEST
“Well, we’re off for Big Horn Ranch at last!”