Dorothy on a ranch

THE TRIP IN THE ERMINIE The ?Erminie,? private car of ?Railway Boss, Dan Ford,? stood side-tracked at Denver, and his guests within it were the happy people whom, some readers may remember, we left keeping a belated Christmas in the old adobe on the mesa, in southern California. To Dorothy, the trip thus far had been like a wonderful dream. ?Just think, Alfy Babcock, of owning a real car, going and stopping just as you please, same?s riding in a carriage with horses! Even darling Aunt Betty, who?s been ?most everywhere and seen ?most everything, in her long life, never travelled ?private coaching? this way before. I hate to think it?s over, that I?ll have to say good-by to her so soon. Seems if I ought not. Seems if she?ll be dreadful lonesome without me all summer. I?m her own folks and I?I believe I shall go home with her after all, ?stead of into the mountains to that ranch with the Gray Lady.? Alfaretta gave a vigorous tug to the shawl-strap she was fastening about a curious assortment of her personal belongings and answered