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personal aid, helped me out in that. He was a good scout, Zeb was,
though he doesn't care much about fossils. He says he's anxious to get
back to his furnace and ash cans."

"Shades of Zip Foster!" chuckled Bud, as the explanation was concluded.
"It couldn't have been slicker if you'd practiced it for a year! I'll
never forget Del Pinzo's face as he opened his oiled-silk package and
realized that he had been fooled. Oh, Zip Foster!"

"So it's all over now," commented Dick.

"Well, it was a mighty good ending," said Mr. Merkel, "and I'm much
obliged to you boy ranchers. You helped a lot. I'd like to catch Del
Pinzo, however."

But the wily half-breed Greaser disappeared, though it might be feared
he would bob up again in the lives of the boy ranchers. For they were
destined to have other adventures.

"But we're through for a time," said Bud, as, with his cousins, he rode
the trail that led to home.

Nell met them near the horse corral.

"You're just in time," she said.

"For what?" asked Dick.

"Pie!" answered Nell with a laugh. "Mother and I have baked some for
you."

"Whoopee!" yelled the boy ranchers, and as they race for the kitchen we
will take leave of them for a time.

THE END

THE BOY RANCHERS SERIES

BY WILLARD F. BAKER

_12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Jacket in full colors._

_Stories of the great west, with cattle ranches as a setting, related
in such a style as to captivate the hearts of all boys._

1. THE BOY RANCHERS
_or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X_

Two eastern boys visit their cousin. They become involved in an
exciting mystery.

2. THE BOY RANCHERS IN CAMP
_or The Water Fight at Diamond X_

Returning for a visit, the two eastern lads learn with delight, that
they are to become boy ranchers.

3. THE BOY RANCHERS ON THE TRAIL
_or The Diamond X After Cattle Rustlers_

Our boy heroes take the trail after Del Pinzo and his outlaws.

4. THE BOY RANCHERS AMONG THE INDIANS
_or Trailing the Yaquis_

Rosemary and Floyd are captured by the Yaqui Indians.

5. THE BOY RANCHERS AT SPUR CREEK
_or Fighting the Sheep Herders_

Dangerous struggle against desperadoes for land rights.

6. THE BOY RANCHERS IN THE DESERT
_or Diamond X and the Lost Mine_

One night a strange old miner almost dead from hunger and hardship
arrived at the bunk house. The boys cared for him and he told them of
the lost desert mine.

7. THE BO