33

VI QUICK ACTION 41

VII A YANKEE FRIEND 49

VIII FLAME CITY 58

IX OLD INDIAN LORE 67

X BOB LEARNS SOMETHING 74

XI AN OIL FIRE 83

XII IN THE FIELDS 91

XIII THE THREE HILLS 100

XIV TWO INVALIDS 108

XV UNEXPECTED NEWS 117

XVI HOUSEKEEPER AND NURSE 126

XVII SICK FANCIES 134

XVIII STRANGE VISITORS 143

XIX LOOKING BACKWARD 152

XX BETTY IS STOPPED 160

XXI WHERE IS BOB? 169

XXII OFF FOR HELP 177

XXIII SELLING THE FARM 186

XXIV UNCLE DICK'S BUYER 195

XXV HAPPY DAYS 204

BETTY GORDON IN
THE LAND OF OIL

CHAPTER I

BREAKFAST EN ROUTE

"There, Bob, did you see that? Oh, we've passed it, and you were
looking the other way. It was a cowboy. At least he looked just like
the pictures. And he was waving at the train."

Betty Gordon, breakfasting in the dining-car of the Western Limited,
smiled happily at Bob Henderson, seated on the opposite side of the
table. This was her first long train trip, and she meant to enjoy
every angle of it.

"I wonder what kind of cowboy you'd make, Bob?" Betty speculated,
studying the frank, boyish face of her companion. "You'd have to be
taller, I think."

"But not much thinner," observed Bob cheerfully. "Skinny cowboys are
always in demand, Betty. They do more work. Well, what do you know
about that!" He broke off his speech abruptly and stared at the table
directly behind Betty.

Betty paid little attention to his silence. She was busy with her own
thoughts, and now, pouring golden cream into her coffee, voiced one
of them.

"I'm glad we're going to Oklahoma," she announced. "I think it is
heaps more fun to stop before you get to the other side of the
continent. I want to see what is in the middle. The Arnolds, you
know, went direct to California, and now they'll probably never know
what kind of country