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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
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