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  ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? ? THE BORDER BOYS ? ? ? ? WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS ? ? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? By FREMONT B. DEERING ? ? ???????????????????????????????? ? ? AUTHOR OF ? ? ? ? “The Border Boys on the Trail,” “The Border Boys with the ? ? Mexican Rangers,” “The Border Boys Across the Frontier,” ? ? “The Border Boys in the Canadian Rockies,” “The Border Boys ? ? Along the St. Lawrence.” ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? ? ? A. L. BURT COMPANY ? ? ? ? Publishers New York ? ? ? ? Printed in U. S. A. ? ? ? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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  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