Jack Ranger's Western Trip From Boarding School to Ranch and Range

o know if they were hurt. All were loud in their

nob back!" sugges

ted Fred, for Dick was so tall and thin tha

I'd rather be thin than a w

Jack. "No noise, we

ained my ankle, or tha

d to limp, and was forc

arms he leaned. In th

r was closing up for th

oms, but Jack had t

sor Grimm. Now, Mr. Grimm was an old enemy of Jack's, since Ja

instructor exclaimed. "Wh

y ankle," rep

at this hour? And what

y enough, for Dr. Mead had allowed the boys to go; though the obj

manded Professor Grimm.

aid Jack, when his two chums

Sam. "Where

lied. "I want to finish out the term with a good record, for my aunts' sakes

trips you up," said Sam. "Now,

s not as bad as

ica somewhere," he said.

rubbing the swelling with the medicin

here?" a

reply. "I want to see if yo

and the cross-graine

, as he smelled the arnica and saw the swelling o

say good-night, Jack. Hope you sleep good. Say, but that Klu-Klux business was the limit!" and

ay to have a little fun," said Jack. "Vacation will soon be

is it,

to be with him in his trouble. Besides, the time must b

find him," said

could help

you'd better get to bed now. We do

ay captive in a birch bark canoe by Indians. But in spite of this he slept so soundly that he did not hear

n o'clock the next morning

elf. "It seems as if something had happened.

by ringing the big bell in the tower every morning, an

Can Martin have forgotten to sound the tocs

rsons moving in the hall, and then voices

d from the window. There was nothing out of the ordinary to be seen

here?" h

e reply. "Dr. Mead wants to s

x-Klan business hasn't reached here already. But I'm not afraid of that. Even Dr. Mead will admit we acted

lied the monitor, as he

my. He found a number of the teachers gathered there, including Professor Gri

" he said. "I will put up with this no

I done now?

l, Ranger, if it turns out that y

y," burst out Mr. Gri

carried and placed in front of Professor Grimm's room, and tied to his door so that when he opened it t

it?" asked Jack. "I was la

the bell, where it had been used, so the sharp edge would not cut one's fingers, was this

ica," replied our hero, won

asn't it? Of course it was. I've caught you this time! The evidence is all against you! You didn't think you drop