"Well, I had to write to tell the man in charge of the Three Star
ranch that we were coming," answered Mrs. Bobbsey. "I mentioned that I
had four little Bobbsey twins, and of course the cowboys remembered.
They seem glad to see us."
And, indeed, it was a most hearty welcome that was given the Bobbsey
family on their trip to the great West. Not only the lumbermen, but
the men at the ranch were glad to see them.
"Are these the cowboys who work for you?" asked Mrs. Bobbsey of Dick
Weston as the men on the ponies put up their pistols, placed their
broad-brimmed hats on their heads and rode along beside the wagon.
"Well, you might say they work for you now, as you own this Three Star
ranch," the foreman said. "Of course I hire the men, or rather, I did,
but after I leave you'll have to get some one else to be foremen and
hire the men. I only stayed until you got here. I have a big ranch of
my own that another man and I bought. I'll have to go and look after
that."
"I shall be sorry to see you go, Mr.
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