Virginia's Ranch Neighbors

by Grace May North

“Oh Virg, are we really to arrive at your desert home this morning?” Betsy Clossen exclaimed the first moment that she opened her eyes on the fifth day after their departure from the Vine Haven Boarding School. “Not until nearly noon,” Virginia, who was dressing in the lower berth, smiled up at the eager face that peered down from the upper. “And will your nice brother Malcolm be there to meet us, do you suppose?” “I certainly hope so. I wired him from Chicago that we were to be...