Copyright, 1911,

BY

HURST & COMPANY

MADE IN U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[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]