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

at a small city in Arkansas. It was a bustling place of perh

d the Rover boys hired several carriages, in which

d Sam, while driving around. "I'd like to get o

t before this trip com

r, we have a good part

his with interest. Then the girls and the ladies went back

id Sam. "I wonder if that one stop

be," ans

him to a quarter of the town which was by no means of the bette

bill at the hotel," a

until you do settle,

ay for you-I didn't invite you to co

e direction, was astonished to see Dan Baxter. The bully

he was right. Soon the dispute waxed hot,

Dick, running up.

voice, the men sta

ff," whispered one. "They

nd lumberman, and on the instant both took to

Baxter's side, he fo

uch agitated. He, too,

hel

et again,

me!" growle

e you do

my bus

re the m

r hotel bill for them, but

at Lew Flapp is

n't c

ave to have you

ch, Dic

iver on that big lum

if I

did their best

e scare, didn't they?" and t

raft st

but I

d better come

ere

loc

bully drew back.

him a stinging blow on the chin. The eldest Rover retaliated by a blow that

e?" called out a planter,

ried Dan Baxter. "

, and he caught Dick by the arm

, and hauled Dick bac

bled up and drew

and ran off, to disappear down an alle

ick. "He is the real thi

e, suh," said the

t you come

llow I know a thi

mean tha

ainly d

" cried Dick, and, watching his chance, he got out

k did not give up until a good hour had passed. Then he r

is, my watch is mis

it during the struggl

xter got his fist on it

gh now to do a

you can't find the watch,"

orough search, but the watch failed t

ece, and I guess for

he houseboat, when Dick saw th

ve come back,

ng of my watch?" re

r wa

it's

thing of

ack with an officer, didn't he?" we

t-ah-see

, all because of

uh

watch is gone. If you didn't take it yoursel

olonel Jackson Gibbs, s

suh! Infa

oss of my wa

omplaint, suh, to

and walked off, leaving Colonel Jackson Gibbs of the

will make more tr

sponsible for the loss of the watch." And Dick wa

ing but talk about Dan Baxter and

said Dora. "When you put your

was now down the Mississippi in the direction of a village called Br

d the lady. "If they still have it, we'll h

or that ride on the

noble red men?" ask

wouldn't you like an outing of

ld. But we couldn't take t

hem with their friend

At first, the rain came down lightly, but towards noon it poured in torrents. Out on the

o Captain Starr. "We don't want to run the risk of

oon they were turning toward shore. A good landing place was found an

here had been but little thunder and lightning, but now several vivi

r storm," cried Nellie

"But I suppose we have g

e to an open window

e. "I never sit with a window open during such a storm as

lightning seemed to be over. "I hate to be cooped up like a chicken in a hen-house.

," remarked Dick, gazing around cu

That's a sign it is

his storm will last all day

the other and gazed out on the rolling river. The

observed Dick. "We'll get drenched

eird flash of lightning, followed by an ear-splitting

ees is coming down on th

i

utting into the companion ladder and the cabin of the Dora. One of the branches of the t