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Title: The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek
or Fighting the Sheep Herders

Author: Willard F. Baker

Illustrator: Howard L. Hastings

Release Date: October 29, 2008 [EBook #27095]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Illustration: Cover art]

[Frontispiece: SNAKE CAUGHT HOLD OF THE ANIMAL'S LEFT HORN. "The Boy
Ranchers at Spur Creek."]

THE BOY RANCHERS

AT SPUR CREEK

OR

_Fighting the Sheep Herders_

by

WILLARD F. BAKER

_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

THE BOY RANCHERS AMONG THE INDIANS
or On the Trail of the Yaquis

THE BOY RANCHERS AT SPUR CREEK
or Fighting the Sheep Herders

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, New York

COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

THE BOY RANCHERS AT SPUR CREEK

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I SHOTS IN THE NIGHT
II MISSING PAPERS
III ON THE TRAIL
IV AROUND THE CAMPFIRE
V AT SPUR CREEK
VI THE ALARM
VII A PARLEY
VIII SUSPICIONS
IX A CALL FOR HELP
X DEL PINZO'S HAND
XI COWBOY FUN
XII AFTER THE RUSTLERS
XIII A CLOUD OF DUST
XIV THE SHEEP ARRIVE
XV A BATTLE OF WITS
XVI STRANGE ACTIONS
XVII "WE CROWED TOO SOON!"
XVIII SKIRMISHES
XIX OPEN WARFARE
XX THE FLAG OF TRUCE
XXI A LEGAL CONTEST
XXII NORT'S PLAN
XXIII IN DISGUISE
XXIV THE BRONTOTHERIUM
XXV THE END OF THE SHEEP

THE BOY RANCHERS AT SPUR CREEK

CHAPTER I

SHOTS IN THE NIGHT

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