Preface

COMRADES OF THE SADDLE

Or

The You ng Rough Riders of the Plains

BY

FRANK V. WEBSTER

AUTHOR OF"ONLY A FARM BOY,""THE YOUNG TREASURE HUNTER,""THE BOYS OF BELLWOOD SCHOOL,""TOM THE TELEPHONE BOY,"ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

BOOKS FOR BOYS

By FRANK V. WEBSTER

ONLY A FARM BOY

Or Dan Hardy's Rise in Life

TOM THE TELEPHONE BOY

Or The My stery of a Message

THE BOY FROM THE RANCH

Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences

THE YOUNG TREASURE HUNTER

Or Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska

BOB THE CASTAWAY

Or The Wreck of the Eagle

THE YOUNG FIREMEN OF LAKEVILLE

Or Her bert Dare's Pluck

THE NEWSBOY PARTNERS

Or Who Was Dick Box?

THE BOY PILOT OF THE LAKES

Or Nat Morton's Perils

TWO BOY GOLD MINERS

Or Lost in the Mountains

JACK THE RUNAWAY

Or On the Road with a Circus

THE BOYS OP BELLWOOD SCHOOL

Or Frank Jordan's Triumph

COMRADES OF THE SADDLE

Or The You ng Rough Riders of the Plains

Copyright, 1910, by

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

COMRADES OF THE SADDLE

Printed in U. S. A

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I AN EXCITING ESCAPE II MR. ALDEN BRINGS NEWS III WORD FROM THE WEST IV GUS MEGGET V THE HALF-MOON RANCH VI IN THE SADDLE VII A RACE IN THE MOONLIGHT VIII HORACE IN DANGER IX THE MESSAGE FROM CROSS-EYED PETE X THE RETURN TO THE RANCH XI PREPARATIONS FOB PURSUIT XII WHAT NAILS LEARNED XIII OUT ON THE PLAINS XIV ANOTHER DISCOVERY XV THE CONTESTED TRAIL XVI WHAT JEFFREYS KNEW XVII LOST! XVIII A MYSTERIOUS CALL XIX A TERRIBLE PLOT XX THE PRAIRIE FIRE XXI A RIDE FOR LIFE XXII LAWRENCE'S PLAN XXIII IN THE MOUNTAINS XXIV CAPTURING THE CATTLE THIEVES XXV HOMEWARD

COMRADES OF THE SADDLE