"Let's not bother with breakfast," suggested Janet. "I'm not very hungry. And if we find the ranch house we can get something to eat there. Come on, Teddy."
They got a drink at the stream, and then, rolling up what food was left in the blanket, they got on their ponies and rode away, going around the valley instead of into it, for Teddy saw that hills closed it at the far end.
"There's no ranch house in that valley," he said.
The Curlytops had not ridden far before Janet, who had gone a little ahead of Teddy, cried:
"Oh, look! Here come some cowboys!"
"I guess they belong to this ranch—the one where we saw the ponies and cows," replied Teddy, as he saw a number of horsemen riding toward them. The horsemen began to whoop and shout, and their horses ran very fast toward the Curlytops.
"There's a lady with 'em," remarked Janet.
"They seem awful glad to meet us," went on Teddy. "Look, they're wavin' their hats."
And so the cowboys were. When the riders came a little nearer Teddy and Janet rubbed their eyes in surprise.
"Why—why!" Teddy exclaimed. "There's our own Baldy!"