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: