"Ain't this immense?" remarked Bluff, as he waited impatiently for the
men to carry the big trunk indoors, so that he could satisfy his soul
about the one object that had been worrying him ever since leaving
Centerville.
Somehow or other they seemed slow about doing this. The horses had to be
attended to first of all. Then there seemed to be some sort of
excitement in the neighborhood of the corral, for the boys noticed a
mounted cowboy come dashing up and jump from his steed, which was
blowing hard, as if from a rapid dash.
He wondered if this sort of thing was of daily occurrence on the big
ranch, which took in the whole valley for miles, and extended even up
along the sides of the mountains on either hand.
"What ails the fellow, I wonder?" observed Jerry, who, it seems, had
also noticed the rush of the newcomer.
"From the way he bolted into the office where Mr. Mabie went, I imagine
he must have brought important news of some sort," remarked Frank.
"Perhaps our very introduction to the Big M Ranch is going to be in a
whirl of excitement, fellows.
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