CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, New York

COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
THE BOY RANCHERS AT SPUR CREEK
Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [SHOTS IN THE NIGHT]
II [MISSING PAPERS]
III [ON THE TRAIL]
IV [AROUND THE CAMPFIRE]
V [AT SPUR CREEK]
VI [THE ALARM]
VII [A PARLEY]
VIII [SUSPICIONS]
IX [A CALL FOR HELP]
X [DEL PINZO'S HAND]
XI [COWBOY FUN]
XII [AFTER THE RUSTLERS]
XIII [A CLOUD OF DUST]
XIV [THE SHEEP ARRIVE]
XV [A BATTLE OF WITS]
XVI [STRANGE ACTIONS]
XVII ["WE CROWED TOO SOON!"]
XVIII [SKIRMISHES]
XIX [OPEN WARFARE]
XX [THE FLAG OF TRUCE]
XXI [A LEGAL CONTEST]
XXII [NORT'S PLAN]
XXIII [IN DISGUISE]
XXIV [THE BRONTOTHERIUM]
XXV [THE END OF THE SHEEP]

THE BOY RANCHERS AT SPUR CREEK

CHAPTER I

SHOTS IN THE NIGHT

With a rattle and a clatter the muddy flivver stopped with a squeak of brakes in front of Diamond X ranch house. From the car leaped three boys, one of them carrying a small leather pouch.

"Here's the mail!" yelled this lad—Bud Merkel by name, and his cousins, Nort and Dick Shannon, added the duet of their voices to his as they cried: