VIOLET TAKES A WALK
Uncle Fred seemed tired as he sat down in a chair on the porch. He looked up at Captain Roy and asked:
"How many cattle gone this time?"
"About twenty-five. One of the cowboys, who was watching them, rode over to the far end of the field to see about a steer that had fallen into a big hole and couldn't get out, and when he got back the twenty-five steers were gone."
"Hum! More work of those bad men!" exclaimed Uncle Fred. "Well, we'll see if we can catch them. Want to come along?" he asked Daddy Bunker.
"Where are you going?"
"To see if we can find the lost cattle. Maybe we can catch the men who drove them away."
"Oh, let me come!" begged Russ. "Maybe I can lasso 'em!"
"They might lasso you!" laughed his father. "No, you had better stay here. We'll soon be back."
"Oh, Daddy, please?"