MADE IN U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.“In Texas Down on the Rio Grande”[5]
II.The Humbling of Shorty[18]
III.An Attempt at “Getting Even”[28]
IV.With the Rangers[37]
V.Jack’s Chance[47]
VI.The Pool of Death[57]
VII.A Strange Valley[67]
VIII.Nature’s Prisoners[77]
IX.A Climb for Life[85]
X.A Battle in Mid–Air[95]
XI.Rangers on the Trail[105]
XII.A Baffling Pursuit[115]
XIII.The Captain’s Story[123]
XIV.Ralph’s Hour of Danger[135]
XV.A “Blank Wall”[147]
XVI.Lost in the Burning Desert[159]
XVII.Two Men of the Air[170]
XVIII.The Sandstorm[180]
XIX.The Battle at the Schoolhouse[195]
XX.Where Strategy Won Out[208]
XXI.The Stage Hold–Up[221]
XXII.Off on a Mission[231]
XXIII.The Hermit of the Yucca[241]
XXIV.By Sheer Grit[254]
XXV.The Great Stampede[271]

The Border Boys With
the Texas Rangers

CHAPTER I.

“IN TEXAS DOWN ON THE RIO GRANDE.”