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CHAPTER II. ALLEN ON THE TRAIL

CHAPTER III. A DANGEROUS SITUATION

CHAPTER IV. THE MAN IN THE SINK HOLE

CHAPTER V. GOOD CAUSE FOR ALARM

CHAPTER VI. FROM ONE PERIL TO ANOTHER

CHAPTER VII. THE CAVE IN THE MOUNTAIN

CHAPTER VIII. INTO A SNAKE'S NEST

CHAPTER IX. A VISITOR AT THE RANCH

CHAPTER X. THE CAPTAIN'S SETBACK

CHAPTER XI. IKE WATSON'S ARRIVAL

CHAPTER XII. THE BOYS TALK IT OVER

CHAPTER XIII. CAUGHT IN A CYCLONE

CHAPTER XIV. ANOTHER SURPRISE

CHAPTER XV. AT DOTTERY'S RANCH

CHAPTER XVI. AN ENCOUNTER IN THE DARK

CHAPTER XVII. SOMETHING ABOUT A LETTER

CHAPTER XVIII. ALLEN CHANGES HIS PLANS

CHAPTER XIX. ALONG THE WATER COURSE

CHAPTER XX. MOVING AGAINST CAPTAIN GRADY

CHAPTER XXI. SHOOTING A GRIZZLY BEAR

CHAPTER XXII. AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE

CHAPTER XXIII. NEWS OF IMPORTANCE

CHAPTER XXIV. SOMETHING ABOUT BARNABY WINTHROP

CHAPTER XXV. FIGHTING A WOLVERINE

CHAPTER XXVI. DISAPPEARANCE OF SLAVIN

CHAPTER XXVII. ALLEN SHOWS HIS BRAVERY

CHAPTER XXVIII. A BUFFALO STAMPEDE

CHAPTER XXIX. THE LONG LOST FOUND

CHAPTER XXX. TOGETHER AT LAST--CONCLUSION

ILLUSTRATIONS

HORSE AND YOUTH WENT PLUNGING HEADLONG

THE MAN CAUGHT THE END OF THE GUN

VAINLY HE PUT OUT HIS HANDS TO STAY HIS PROGRESS

HOLDING THE SNAKE, HE LEAPED OUT OF THE CIRCLE OF REPTILES

THE THREE YOUNG RANCHMEN TALKED IT OVER

THREE YOUNG RANCHMEN

CHAPTER I.

An Unpleasant Discovery

"When do you think Allen will be back, Paul?"

"He ought to be back by two or three o'clock, Chet. His horse was fresh,
and the roads are very good just now."

"I hope he brings good news, don't you? I am tired of waiting here."

"We will have to content ourselves on the ranch another year, I am
afraid. Father left matters in a very unsettled condition, and what has
become of Uncle Barnaby the world only knows."

"I don't care so much about the dullness--I like to hunt and fish and
round up the cattle just as well as any one--but what I'm complaining of
is the uncertainty of the way things are going to turn. For all we know,
we may be cast adrift, as the saying goes, any day."

"That is true, although I imagine our title to the ranch is O. K. If
those title papers hadn't been burned up when one end of the house took
fire I wouldn't worry a bit."

"Neither would I. But we all know what Captain Grady is--the meanest man
that ever drew the breath of life--and if he once learns that we haven'