"I begin to," nodded the professor.
"That will be fine," answered Tad with glowing face.
"Then we will be Rangers, too," exclaimed Walter.
"Yes, you will be Rangers, too," laughed the captain. "You are pretty good rangers already. By assisting in rounding up these men you will be serving your country, for, if we can put these Border Bandits out of business, we shall be destroying some of the Kaiser's worst trouble makers on the border."
"And get shot full of holes," added the fat boy.
"That will do you good. It will give you an appetite," jeered Rector.
"He doesn't need a tonic," spoke up Tad. "His appetite is quite enough for this outfit now. It's all we can do to keep enough supplies to keep him going. My, it's an awful thing to have such an appetite."
"Well, Professor, what do you say?"
"I am agreeable, if the boys are."
"Hurrah!" shouted the Pony Rider Boys.