The saddles had not been taken off their ponies. Their mother and Aunt Millie saw them go out and, supposing they were only going to ride around the barn and ranch buildings, as they had done before, said nothing to them.
But Ted was no sooner in the saddle than he turned to his sister and said:
"Jan, why can't we go riding the trail after the Indians?"
"What! We two alone?"
"Yes. We know the way over to the rocks where we found Clipclap in the cave, and from there we can ride farther on, just like daddy and Uncle Frank. Come on!"
Janet thought for a minute. She wanted to go as much as did Teddy. It did not seem very wrong.
"Well, we'll ride a little way," she said. "But we've got to come back before dark."
"All right," agreed Teddy. "We will!"
And the Curlytops rode away over the prairie.