XXIV A DESPERATE CHANCE
XXV LIEUTENANT WAYNE
THE BOY RANCHERS ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER I
THE ROUND-UP
"Come on, Nort! It's your turn to cut out the next one!"
"S'pose I make a mux of it, Bud!"
"Shucks! You won't do that! You've roped a calf before!"
"Yes, but not at a big round-up like this. If I make a fizzle the fellows will give me the laugh!"
"What if they do? Everybody knows you haven't been at it long, and you've got to make a start. Besides, anybody's likely to make a mistake. That's why they put rubbers on the ends of pencils. Ride in now and snake out the next one, Nort!"