Comrades of the Saddle; Or, The Young Rough Riders of the Plains

outlines suggesting fanciful forms to the minds of two boys hurrying along the road which like a

s began to twinkle from the win

the larger of the two boys. "I hop

ting he said we'd have to give up playing ball afte

team and will only get a chance to su

o great to be borne, the two young

, was sixteen and Tom was a year younger. Both were healthy an

nlike many brothers, they were chums. They were prime favorites, and their popularity, together w

the question, so fast were they going. But as they rounded a turn in the road, which

e dining-room yet. Fath

or a final spur

shed forward as though they were just star

of the road a fringe of

the hard clay road was the onl

ows, was only about three hundred yards away when sudden

r anything?"

ought

growl rang out again. This time it

s with one accord, turned their heads and looked in

instant later a big black form, for all the world li

ckened his speed, as though fascinated by the sight of the strange animal. "It must be that w

from its cage through the door, the fastener on which had been jarre

as soon as it had been discovered and

hed at the thought of a wolf in placid Ohio a

k the swamp and now the air brought to its keen nose the scent of th

from the lights of the farmhouse momen

t it must catch them before they reached the lights,

the boy, and together they were racing

heir one, and as the older of the boys looked over h

e house and thirty yards

could not win the race. But

Larry. "Joe! The wolf! t

olf!" added Tom.

startled Mrs. Alden and the hired men, who wer

ed to the door and threw it open. Peering along the

! The wolf's afte

e on a rack on the kitchen wall with which to s

prang for the weapon, seized it a

it? Wher

wer, however, his keen ey

le to make four bull's-eyes out of five, but never before had the opportunity t

Larry. "No matter if yo

er and fall. Soon the beast arose again, but by that time the hired man was ready for ano