The Radio Boys with the Border Patrol

The motor was already well tuned, everything was working satisfactorily.
By GERALD BRECKENRIDGE
Author of “The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border,” “The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards,” “The Radio Boys on Secret Service Duty,” “The Radio Boys Search for the Incas Treasure,” “The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition,” “The Radio Boys in Darkest Africa,” “The Radio Boys Seek the Lost Atlantis.”
A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York
A SERIES OF STORIES FOR BOYS OF ALL AGES By GERALD BRECKENRIDGE
The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border The Radio Boys on Secret Service Duty The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards The Radio Boys Search for the Incas’ Treasure The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition The Radio Boys Seek the Lost Atlantis The Radio Boys In Darkest Africa The Radio Boys with the Border Patrol
Copyright, 1924 By A. L. BURT COMPANY
The tall, sun-browned man whose active sinewy figure belied his fifty years closed the switch, whipped off the headphones and smiling fondly turned to his visitor.
“Let’s go out to the field, Captain Cornell,” he said, “and you’ll see as pretty a landing as any flyer in the Southwest can make. That was my boy Jack. Radioed he’d be here in ten minutes.”
The uniformed army flyer from the Laredo flight of the Border Patrol smiled and nodded. Younger than Mr. Hampton by many years, in fact but half his age, he yet found his host a congenial spirit. Since his forced landing that morning on the terrace which the Hamptons had cleared on their Southwestern ranch, the two men had found much in common to discuss. Already they were fast on the way towards becoming real friends.
Together they stepped from the radio shack into the hot sunshine. After the comparative coolness of the interior with its whirring electric fan, the outdoors was like a furnace. League on league the mesquite covered plains stretched away to the distant needle-like peaks of the westward range, unbroken by building of any sort; by tree or moving object.