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Faster and Faster Danced Ned Rector.
The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali
OR
Finding a Key to the Desert Maze
By
FRANK GEE PATCHIN
Author of The Pony Rider Boys in The Rockies, The Pony Rider Boys in Texas, The Pony Rider Boys in Montana, The Pony Rider Boys in The Ozarks, Etc., Etc.
Illustrated
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY Akron, Ohio ———— New York Made in U. S. A.
Copyright MCMX By THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. THE DESERT'S MYSTIC SPELL
II. THE FIRST NIGHT IN CAMP
III. TWISTED BY A TWISTER
IV. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
V. STALKING BIG GAME BY MOONLIGHT
VI. BAGGED BY LUCKY SHOTS
VII. CHUNKY COMES TO GRIEF
VIII. NEARLY DROWNED IN AN ALKALI SINK
IX. THE BOYS DISCOVER A RIVER
X. A COWBOY TAKES A HEADER
XI. A PIECE OF HUMAN SANDPAPER
XII. RUNNING DOWN THE TRAIL
XIII. COYOTES JOIN IN THE CHORUS
XIV. FUN IN THE FOOTHILLS
XV. BUD PROMISES SOME EXCITEMENT
XVI. THE BATTLE OF THE STALLIONS
XVII. ON A WILD-HORSE HUNT
XVIII. ROPED BY ROUGH RIDERS
XIX. WINNING THEIR REWARD
XX. VISITED BY A HALO
XXI. OFF ON A DRY TRAIL
XXII. IN THE HERMIT'S CAVE
XXIII. LOST IN THE DESERT MAZE
XXIV. CONCLUSION