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Title: The Boy Ranchers in Camp
or The Water Fight at Diamond X

Author: Willard F. Baker

Illustrator: Thelma Gooch

Release Date: October 29, 2008 [EBook #27094]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Illustration: Cover art]

[Frontispiece: "LOOK OUT!" QUICKLY YELLED NORT. "JUMP FOR YOUR LIVES!
IT'S A FLOOD!" "The Boy Ranchers in Camp."]

THE

BOY RANCHERS

IN CAMP

OR

_The Water Fight at Diamond X_

By

WILLARD F. BAKER

Author of "The Boy Ranchers," "The Boy Ranchers on the Trail," etc.

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

THE BOY RANCHERS SERIES

By WILLARD F. BAKER

12mo. Cloth. Frontispiece

THE BOY RANCHERS
or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X

THE BOY RANCHERS IN CAMP
or The Water Fight at Diamond X

THE BOY RANCHERS ON THE TRAIL
or The Diamond X After Cattle Rustlers

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, New York

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

THE BOY RANCHERS IN CAMP

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
II A NIGHT RIDE
III THE WARNING
IV A STRANGE REAPPEARANCE
V ANOTHER WARNING
VI TROUBLE AT SQUARE M
VII DOUBLING UP
VIII DRY AGAIN
IX A SHOT IN THE NIGHT
X INTO THE TUNNEL
XI THE RUSH OF WATERS
XII THE RISING FLOOD
XIII WHERE DID IT GO?
XIV A NIGHT ATTACK
XV THE BRANDING IRON
XVI QUEER ACTIONS
XVII "GERMS!"
XVIII ROPED!
XIX AN EXPEDITION IN THE DARK
XX INTO THE DEPTHS
XXI THE FIGURE ON THE ROCK
XXII THE WATER GATE
XXIII THE CONSPIRATORS
XXIV A POWERFUL STREAM
XXV HAPPY VALLEY

THE BOY RANCHERS IN CAMP

CHAPTER I

A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

"Look out there, Bud! Look out! There you go!"

"Side-stepping soap dishes! What's the idea? Whoa, there, Sock!"

The pinto pony reared, swerved sharply to one side as a black streak
shot across the trail almos