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THE NEXT INSTANT JACK AND THE PONY WENT ROLLING ANDPLUNGING OFF THE TRAIL DOWN TOWARD THE RIVER.—_Page 36._]
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? ? THE BORDER BOYS ? ? ? ? WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS ? ? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? By FREMONT B. DEERING ? ? ???????????????????????????????? ? ? AUTHOR OF ? ? ? ? “The Border Boys on the Trail,” “The Border Boys with the ? ? Mexican Rangers,” “The Border Boys Across the Frontier,” ? ? “The Border Boys in the Canadian Rockies,” “The Border Boys ? ? Along the St. Lawrence.” ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? ? ? A. L. BURT COMPANY ? ? ? ? Publishers New York ? ? ? ? Printed in U. S. A. ? ? ? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Copyright, 1912,
BY
HURST & COMPANY
MADE IN U. S. A.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. “IN TEXAS DOWN ON THE RIO GRANDE” 5
II. THE HUMBLING OF SHORTY 18
III. AN ATTEMPT AT “GETTING EVEN” 28
IV. WITH THE RANGERS 37
V. JACK’S CHANCE 47
VI. THE POOL OF DEATH 57
VII. A STRANGE VALLEY 67
VIII. NATURE’S PRISONERS 77
IX. A CLIMB FOR LIFE 85
X. A BATTLE IN MID–AIR 95
XI. RANGERS ON THE TRAIL 105
XII. A BAFFLING PURSUIT 115
XIII. THE CAPTAIN’S STORY 123
XIV. RALPH’S HOUR OF DANGER 135
XV. A “BLANK WALL” 147
XVI. LOST IN THE BURNING DESERT 159
XVII. TWO MEN OF THE AIR 170
XVIII. THE SANDSTORM 180
XIX. THE BATTLE AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE 195
XX. WHERE STRATEGY WON OUT 208
XXI. THE STAGE HOLD–UP 221
XXII. OFF ON A MISSION 231
XXIII. THE HERMIT OF THE YUCCA 241
XXIV. BY SHEER GRIT 254
XXV. THE GREAT STAMPEDE 271
The Border Boys With the Texas Rangers