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Title: The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley
or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery

Author: Willard F. Baker

Release Date: October 29, 2008 [EBook #27097]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOY RANCHERS IN DEATH VALLEY ***

Produced by Al Haines

[Transcriber's note: Extensive research found no evidence
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THE

BOY RANCHERS

IN DEATH VALLEY

OR

_Diamond X and the Poison Mystery_

By

WILLARD F. BAKER

Author of "The Boy Ranchers," "The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek," "The
Boy Ranchers in the Desert," "The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River," Etc.

_ILLUSTRATED_

[Transcriber's note: Frontispiece missing from book]

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 Diamond X After Cattle Rustlers

THE BOY RANCHERS AMONG THE INDIANS
Or Diamond X Trailing the Yaquis

THE BOY RANCHERS AT SPUR CREEK
Or Diamond X Fighting the Sheep Herders

THE BOY RANCHERS IN THE DESERT
Or Diamond X and the Lost Mine

THE BOY RANCHERS ON ROARING RIVER
Or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers

THE BOY RANCHERS IN DEATH VALLEY
Or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery

_Other volumes in preparation_

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, New York

COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

THE BOY RANCHERS IN DEATH VALLEY

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. BAD NEWS
II. UNDAUNTED BY FEAR
III. ON THE TRAIL
IV. A NIGHT ALARM
V. THE WARNING
VI. AT DOT AND DASH
VII. SAM TARBELL'S STORY
VIII. THE ROUND-UP
IX. THE QUEER OLD MAN
X. DEAD CATTLE
XI. INTO SMUGGLERS' GLEN
XII. THE ELIXER CAVE
XIII. FRIGHTENED HORSES
XIV. BUD DISAPPEARS
XV. THE SEARCH
XVI. BUD'S STRANGE TALE
XVII. THE AVENGERS