It died away as they went into the main cabin, just as the new moon slipped behind Topnotch’s shoulder.
“Will you ride,” started up Ted.
“Oh, will you ride,” Sue caught it up, and the rest finished it, Polly beating time with the heel of her shoe on the side of her cot.
“Say, will you ride the trail with me?”
“Ranch taps, girls,” Ruth reminded them. “Up early for a swim, you know.”
“Will you ride,” began Ted, gaily, but a well-aimed pillow from Polly cut off the tantalizing strain, for all the world like a young rooster’s crow, and they went quietly to sleep.
CHAPTER XVI
LOST CHANCE GULCH
The long night’s quiet rest left the girls refreshed and bright. When Peggie and Jean came over to the lodge at five, they were up and dressed, ready for the run down to the creek for a morning dip.
“You’ll find it very different from sea bathing, girls,” Jean told them. “The water does not have the same buoyancy, but it gives one a feeling of exhilaration all the same. This place has been our swimming hole for years.”