Chapter I: Front Matter

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The Saddle Boys
on the Plains

Or

After a Treasure of Gold

BY
CAPTAIN JAMES CARSON

AUTHOR OF “THE SADDLE BOYS OF THE ROCKIES,” “THE SADDLE
BOYS IN THE GRAND CANYON,” “THE SADDLE BOYS
AT CIRCLE RANCH,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

BOOKS FOR BOYS

BY CAPTAIN JAMES CARSON

THE SADDLE BOYS SERIES

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

THE SADDLE BOYS OF THE ROCKIES
Or, Lost On Thunder Mountain

THE SADDLE BOYS IN THE GRAND CANYON
Or, The Hermit of the Cave

THE SADDLE BOYS ON THE PLAINS
Or, After a Treasure of Gold

THE SADDLE BOYS AT CIRCLE RANCH
Or, In At The Grand Round-Up

CUPPLES & LEON CO., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.

Copyrighted 1913, by
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

THE SADDLE BOYS ON THE PLAINS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. STARTING FOR CHERRY BLOSSOM MINE 1

II. THE SUDDEN ALARM 11

III. A VISITOR FROM THE SKIES 21

IV. THE MYSTERY OF THE PACKET 29

V. IN SEARCH OF GAME 38

VI. SURPRISING FRANK 46

VII. CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP 54

VIII. THE SILENCE AT CHERRY BLOSSOM 62

IX. A THREATENING STORM 72

X. STARTLING NEWS 81

XI. TRAILING THE TREASURE THIEVES 91

XII. THE PATH ALONG THE CLIFF 104

XIII. SIM HAS A CLOSE CALL 112

XIV. THE LONG CHASE 120

XV. THE PRAIRIE FIRE 127

XVI. A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS 135

XVII. THE LONE SHACK 143

XVIII. “WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK!” 153

XIX. THE SURRENDER 163

XX. AN ASTONISHING DISCOVERY 172

XXI. THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET 181

XXII. HOW IT TURNED OUT—CONCLUSION 191

THE SADDLE BOYS ON THE PLAINS