24 Chapters
ON THE TRAIL The Ramblers were so pleased with the ranch-house and their new-found acquaintances that next morning they accepted the cattle king's invitation to remain another twenty-four hours.…
THE RUNAWAY Without an instant's hesitation, Bob Somers vaulted into the saddle. His quirt came down with stinging force on the broncho's flank. Snorting, the animal bounded high in the air…
THE LOST PACKHORSE A monster black bear had collided with Conroy's horse, sending the runaway to its knees. The astounded leader of the Ramblers saw Jack catapulted into the air and bruin knocke…
THE BIG CAT Dick Travers was profoundly astonished. "Great Scott!" he cried. "What—what—" As he sprang to the fire, uttering a shout, seized a partly-consumed branch and waved it …
"WHERE IS DICK?" "Great Scott!" cried Jack, in joy and amazement. "Shout a little louder, will you?" said Tim, as fiercely as he dared. "That might start 'im o…
RISKY BUSINESS When Dick Travers wrapped himself in his blanket and lay down by the fire, his thoughts, stirred into activity by the mysterious return of the packhorse, prevented him from sleeping. F…
HIDE-AND-SEEK A pang of fear shot through Dick Travers' heart; almost involuntarily he threw up his hands, catching hold of another limb above his head. The branch he was on gave a second ominou…
SOME ONE TURNS UP A cavalcade of horsemen was rapidly approaching the edge of the timber in which the lumbermen's camp was situated, the thud of hoof-beats alone breaking the silence of early mo…
THE WRESTLING MATCH For a second, Pete Colliver stared blankly at Dave, whose usually good-natured and smiling visage wore an expression which he had never seen upon it before. Dick Travers was quick…
BOB LOSES The astounded Ramblers gazed in consternation at Tom Smull and Alf Griffin. They saw the lumbermen's revolvers flashing in the moonlight, and a single glance convinced them that the tw…