GROSSET & DUNLAP

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The X Bar X Boys in Thunder Canyon

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Landslide[1]
IIA Missing Brother[10]
IIIThe Slouching Rider[19]
IVA Message in the Night[28]
VThe Jumping Bucker[38]
VIBad News[49]
VIIA Flivver Messenger[57]
VIIIA Great Fear[66]
IXRoy’s Suspicions[77]
XA Man in the Corral[86]
XINick’s Trick[94]
XIIThe Girls Are Gone[103]
XIIIAn Ultimatum[114]
XIVOff on the Chase[121]
XVAn Unexpected Clew[135]
XVIA Woman Threatens[143]
XVIICaptives[151]
XVIIIBug Eye Sings[160]
XIXInto the Cave[168]
XXAn Attempt That Failed[176]
XXIThe Reckless Rider[184]
XXIIRetribution[191]
XXIIIOn to the Rescue[197]
XXIVOut of Bondage[203]
XXVThe Morning Joy[210]

X BAR X BOYS IN THUNDER CANYON

CHAPTER I

The Landslide

Raising his head in a gesture of disdain that was almost human, the horse walked stiff-legged around a porcupine that lay in the center of the trail.