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"Well, you just follow the road along until you come to the cabin where the red-haired lumberman lives Mike Gannon is his name and then you can ask him about the ragged coat and the papers. Stop and tell me about it on your way out." "We will," promised Russ and Laddie. Then Russ called to Zip: "Gid-dap!"
"Let's have a race, Jan!" he called. "I can beat you from here to that hill," and he pointed to one not far away. "Mother said we couldn't ride fast," objected the little girl. "Well, we won't ride very fast," agreed Ted. "Come on, just a little run." Janet, too, wanted to go a bit faster, and so, when her pony was in a line with Ted's, she called sharply: "Gid-dap, Star Face!"
Then they'd think we could ride all right!" went on Ted. "Come on, let's hurry! Gid-dap!" he called to Clipclap. "Where are we going first?" asked Janet. "To the rocks, where we found my pony in the cave," answered her brother, as he patted the little animal on the neck. "The cowboy said he saw the Indians near there." "Maybe they're hiding in the cave," suggested Janet.
There was room for all on the broad seats, and when all had taken their places Dorothy, Trot and Betsy on the rear seat and Cap'n Bill, Button-Bright and the Scarecrow in front they called "Gid-dap!" to the Sawhorse and the wooden steed moved briskly away, pulling the Red Wagon with ease.
"Gid-dap!" cried the boy, and he beat a tattoo on the sides of the horse with his feet. But as Dick had on soft slippers, he did not hurt the White Rocking Horse in the least, nor did he chip off any paint. "Here I go! Here I go!" shouted Dick. "Oh, what a fine horse!" "He's lovely, Dick," said his sister. "Merry Christmas, children!" said Mother, as she came in to see the Christmas tree.
"Oh no; it's just Eureka, my kitten. I thought that was the best way to carry her." The boy nodded. "Eureka's a funny name for a cat," he remarked. "I named my kitten that because I found it," she explained. "Uncle Henry says 'Eureka' means 'I have found it." "All right; hop in." She climbed into the buggy and he followed her. Then the boy picked up the reins, shook them, and said "Gid-dap!"
Gid-dap! Yip!" "Well, by thunder, I'll see for myself." So the captain clambered from the seat to the side step, and hanging hard to the front wagon-bow, took a good look. "Indians, aren't they?" asked the lieutenant, braced to the lines. "Yes; and coming like blazes!" That they were. The objects that had resembled turkeys were their feathered heads rising from a ravine.
I wish I could stay and see Seth when he looks at his present, but I can't. Gid-dap, January." The grocery wagon rolled out of the yard. The forsaken Job sent a roar of regret after him. Also, he "humped us his back," and the nails holding the slats in place started and gave alarmingly. John Brown hastened to the house in quest of a bone.
Captain Bangs' next remark was addressed to the horse. He gruffly bade the animal "gid-dap" and appeared a trifle confused. "I am," he admitted, after a moment. "You'll be, too, when you see her." He described the High Cliff House and its owner. Mr. Kendrick asked the terms for board and an "average" room. When told he whistled. "That isn't high," he said.
Suddenly there came marching down the aisle of the store a boy whose feet made a great deal of noise, and who had a loud voice. "Here's the Rocking Horse I want!" he cried. "I'm going to have this one!" And in an instant he had leaped on the back of the White Horse, banging his heels on the painted sides and yanking on the leather reins. "Gid-dap!
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