CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.[On the Border][5]II.[The Boys Find Trouble][21]III.[A Race for Life][35]IV.[Through the Great Darkness][48]V.[The Rustlers at Work][65]VI.[Taking Up the Trail][79]VII.[In the Hands of the Enemy][94]VIII.[Black Ramon's Mission][104]IX.[A Momentous Interview][115]X.[In the Bell Tower][125]XI.[A Drop in the Dark][138]XII.[A Ride for the Hills][150]XIII.[The Hermit of the Cañon][160]XIV.[Travels with a Mule][173]XV.[A Gateway to Freedom][186]XVI.[Short Rations][200]XVII.[The Tale of a Mule][212]XVIII.[The Treasure of the Mission][222]XIX.[Jim Hicks, Prospector][234]XX.[Ralph a True Hero][247]XXI. [At the Irrigation Dam][262]XXII. [A Bolt from the Blue][278]XXIII. [With the Rurales][287]XXIV. [The Round-up][295]