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THE

BOY RANCHERS

IN DEATH VALLEY

OR

Diamond X and the Poison Mystery

By

WILLARD F. BAKER

Author of "The Boy Ranchers," "The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek," "The
Boy Ranchers in the Desert," "The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River," Etc.

ILLUSTRATED

[Transcriber's note: Frontispiece missing from book]

NEW YORK

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

THE BOY RANCHERS SERIES

By WILLARD F. BAKER

12mo. Cloth. Frontispiece

THE BOY RANCHERS
  Or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X

THE BOY RANCHERS IN CAMP
  Or the Water Fight at Diamond X

THE BOY RANCHERS ON THE TRAIL
  Or Diamond X After Cattle Rustlers

THE BOY RANCHERS AMONG THE INDIANS
  Or Diamond X Trailing the Yaquis

THE BOY RANCHERS AT SPUR CREEK
  Or Diamond X Fighting the Sheep Herders

THE BOY RANCHERS IN THE DESERT
  Or Diamond X and the Lost Mine

THE BOY RANCHERS ON ROARING RIVER
  Or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers

THE BOY RANCHERS IN DEATH VALLEY
  Or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery

Other volumes in preparation

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, New York

COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

THE BOY RANCHERS IN DEATH VALLEY

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. BAD NEWS II. UNDAUNTED BY FEAR III. ON THE TRAIL IV. A NIGHT ALARM V. THE WARNING VI. AT DOT AND DASH VII. SAM TARBELL'S STORY VIII. THE ROUND-UP IX. THE QUEER OLD MAN X. DEAD CATTLE XI. INTO SMUGGLERS' GLEN XII. THE ELIXER CAVE XIII. FRIGHTENED HORSES XIV. BUD DISAPPEARS XV. THE SEARCH XVI. BUD'S STRANGE TALE XVII. THE AVENGERS XVIII. DRIVEN BACK XIX. GAS MASKS XX. GLITTERING YELLOW XXI. FALSE SECURITY XXII. TO THE RESCUE XXIII. TESTING THE GOLD MINE XXIV. A STRANGE DISCOVERY XXV. THE END OF DEATH VALLEY

THE BOY RANCHERS IN DEATH VALLEY

CHAPTER I

BAD NEWS

Excited shouts, mingled with laughter, floated on the sunlit anddust-laden air to the ranch house of Diamond X. Now and then, abovethe yells, could be heard the thudding of the feet of running horses onthe dry ground.

"What do you reckon those boys are doing, Ma?" asked Nell Merkel as shepaused in the act of laying the top crust on a raisin pie.

"Land knows," answered the girl's mother with half a sigh and half achuckle. "They're always up to something. And, now that your Pa isaway——"

Mrs. Merkel's remarks were interrupt

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