After that they rode off into the night, with the “knight of the lariat.”
CHAPTER VIII
THE NIGHT ADVENTURE CONTINUED
The little cavalcade had to cross the tracks and the crossing was beside the telegraph office.
“I wonder if he has caught Aunt Winnie’s train yet?” said Dorothy, aloud.
“We’ll see about that, Miss,” said Lance, the cowboy, and he pulled in and shouted for the operator:
“Hey, Bill!”
The window opened and the frowsy head of the telegraph man appeared.
“Ketch Number Seventy yet?” asked the cowboy.
“Just. At Massapeke. Your folks has got your message by this time, ladies.”