Enid took the boy by the arm as they walked across the court toward the rear wall. Billy Patten was dancing ahead of him eager to show off Tommy's house. The boy, although a few years younger than Tommy, had become great friends and Billy was often to be found in Tommy's home.
As they reached the door, the boy took off his sombrero and made a sweeping bow.
"The Merriweather Girls are welcome in the castle of Tommy Sharpe!" he said.
"The Merriweather Girls are proud to enter," she answered with a laugh.
"We are honored!"
CHAPTER VII
THE MAP OF MYSTERY
Tommy Sharpe had been given an old shed on the edge of the cliff from which he could look straight down into the canyon behind the ranch house. He had made it over into a home. There were two rooms; one he used as a bedroom and the other was his den into which he put all the treasures he had collected.
Outside, a narrow veranda had been built out over the cliff and it was here that the boy loved to sit and watch the sky grow bright with the morning sun and again at evening see the rosy glow of sunset.
Tommy Sharpe's cabin met the approval of the girls.
"You make me very proud of you, Tommy," laughed Enid. "You do credit to my teaching."