The San Rosario Ranch

By Maud Howe Elliott. TO My Beloved Sister, LAURA E. RICHARDS. SAN ROSARIO RANCH. CHAPTER I. "Welcome her, all things youthful and sweet, Scatter the blossoms under her feet!" The house was a large square building, simple and hospitable in appearance. A wide veranda ran about the four sides, heavily draped by climbing roses and clematis. There were indisputable evidences that visitors were expected. Old Tip, the dog, knew it as well as everybody else about the house. He had been routed out from his favorite spot on t