Faster and Faster Danced Ned Rector.

The Pony Rider Boys
in the Alkali

Finding a Key to the Desert Maze

FRANK GEE PATCHIN

Author of The Pony Rider Boys in The Rockies,
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas,
The Pony Rider Boys in Montana,
The Pony Rider Boys in The Ozarks, Etc., Etc.

Illustrated

THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Akron, Ohio ———— New York
Made in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I.	[THE DESERT'S MYSTIC SPELL]
II.	[THE FIRST NIGHT IN CAMP]
III.	[TWISTED BY A TWISTER]
IV.	[THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE]
V.	[STALKING BIG GAME BY MOONLIGHT]
VI.	[BAGGED BY LUCKY SHOTS]
VII.	[CHUNKY COMES TO GRIEF]
VIII.	[NEARLY DROWNED IN AN ALKALI SINK]
IX.	[THE BOYS DISCOVER A RIVER]
X.	[A COWBOY TAKES A HEADER]
XI.	[A PIECE OF HUMAN SANDPAPER]
XII.	[RUNNING DOWN THE TRAIL]
XIII.	[COYOTES JOIN IN THE CHORUS]
XIV.	[FUN IN THE FOOTHILLS]
XV.	[BUD PROMISES SOME EXCITEMENT]
XVI.	[THE BATTLE OF THE STALLIONS]
XVII.	[ON A WILD-HORSE HUNT]
XVIII.	[ROPED BY ROUGH RIDERS]
XIX.	[WINNING THEIR REWARD]
XX.	[VISITED BY A HALO]
XXI.	[OFF ON A DRY TRAIL]
XXII.	[IN THE HERMIT'S CAVE]
XXIII.	[LOST IN THE DESERT MAZE]
XXIV.	[CONCLUSION]