CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Boy from Nowhere[5]
II.The Torrent[16]
III.In Peril of His Life[25]
IV.Jimmie’s Pluck[35]
V.The Start for the Rockies[45]
VI.Along the Trail[55]
VII.Treed by a Lynx[63]
VIII.A Walking Pincushion[72]
IX.A Mountain Mystery[81]
X.The Ponies Vanish[96]
XI.Ralph’s Volcano[103]
XII.Just in Time[114]
XIII.Boys and a Grizzly[124]
XIV.A Cavern of Mystery[132]
XV.The Hut in the Woods[140]
XVI.“Underground!”[149]
XVII.A Desperate Chance[156]
XVIII.Facing Grim Death[171]
XIX.A Storm and Its Consequences[180]
XX.Prisoners![192]
XXI.Indians[200]
XXII.An Encounter with “Bloods”[210]
XXIII.Fighting Mountain Lions[219]
XXIV.“Bitter Creek Jones”[229]
XXV.The Outlaw Ranch[243]
XXVI.Carthew of “The Mounted”[254]
XXVII.The Trooper’s Story[268]
XXVIII.After Mountain Goats[275]
XXIX.Jimmie Finds a Father[287]
XXX.The Mystery Solved[300]

The Border Boys in the
Canadian Rockies

CHAPTER I.

THE BOY FROM NOWHERE.

“Hold on there a minute! Don’t you think you’re being unnecessarily rough with that boy?”

“Naw, I don’t. And if I am, it ain’t none of your business that I can see.”