The newcomer gazed from one to another of the Overland Riders, while the cowpunchers chuckled to themselves. They knew the girl and looked for something interesting to follow. It did.
“I’m Judy! Who be you?” she demanded.
“We are the Overland Riders,” answered Stacy Brown pompously.
Judy eyed the fat boy frowningly, then once more ran her gaze over the rest of the party.
“My gosh! You are a sweet bunch of dudes, ain’t you? Here you, Idaho Jones, take my cayuse,” she demanded, tossing the bridle-rein to the grinning cowboy.
Judy Hornby, in introducing herself to the newcomers in the Coso Valley, had done so in characteristic fashion.
CHAPTER IX
JUDY SPEAKS OUT
“Hello, little gal!” cried Bindloss, coming forward with extended hand and smiling face.
“Hello! Why don’t you introduce me to your friends?”
“Why, Judy, don’t you know them?”