The Rover Boys on the Plains; Or, The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch

that big thing com

, Sam. It's big enough

Ro

anding beside his brothers on the rear deck of the hous

oice. "Did you mean to said dere vos a ho

his big brother could answer. "Hasn't a house got a right to

ueller. "Of a house been der rifer on, de

ing big one, too," he added, as he took another loo

raft we met two days ago," said Sam anxiously. "I

Tom. "They know well enough that we can't turn out of our course very

phone," went on Dick, after a brief pause. "It certainly does

s any danger?" came from a girl

yet,

ntil the raft has passed," continued Dora Stan

much right to the river as they have.

n they get c

smashed to kindling wood," was Sam's commen

eir uncle and aunt at Valley Brook Farm, pleasantly located in the heart of New York State. From this farm they had been sent to Putnam Hall, as related in the f

jungles of Africa, in search of Mr. Anderson Rover, who has disappeared. Then came a trip out

on, and they took a trip to the Pacific, as related in "The Rover Boys on Land and Sea," the seventh volume of this series. Th

tnam Hall, to participate in the annual encampment, as told of in "The Rover Boys

Randolph Rover, had taken a houseboat for debt, and it was voted to go aboard this craft, which was

" said Tom. "We can just take it eas

eller, already introduced, and Fred Garrison. The houseboat was a large one, and to make the trip more pleasant, the boys invited two ladies to go along, Mrs. Stanhope and Mrs. Laning. With

e fellows succeeded in making prisoners of Dora Stanhope and Nellie Laning, and ran off with the houseboat. But they were followed by the Rovers and their friends, and, in the end, the girls were rescued, the houseboat recovered and Lew Flapp

guests, there was a general jollification on board, lasting several days. A

that mess," had been

et into such another,"

tened to death when

deal better if Dan Bax

ll try to harm us further?" a

e a bad penny-he turns up

on't have Fla

feared Flapp-he was too m

Dick?" and Dora looked at

, Dora. I don't want y

care for

keep out of his way.

ot turn over

so," put in Fred Garr

er has reform

eturned Dick. "There is a certain viciousness ab

, who had joined the crowd. "Once, after something went wrong, he said he'd g

e'd only settle down to

dumb, by a

answered Dick. "In regular business I

owing the houseboat?" was the

must hustle pretty lively, for we ar

t started down the Mississippi. Stops were made at various points, and the young folks, as well as the two ladies, enjoyed themselves to

istaken. That very afternoon a lumber raft came close to hitting the

such close shaves for me. That raft

and along the shore. The weather was ideal for the outing, and they had not a care until the second big lumber raft c