Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE BORDER BOYS
WITH THE MEXICAN RANGERS

By FREMONT B. DEERING

AUTHOR OF
“The Border Boys on the Trail,” “The Border Boys
with the Texas Rangers,” “The Border Boys Across
the Frontier,” “The Border Boys in the Canadian
Rockies,” “The Border Boys Along the
St. Lawrence.”

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Printed in U. S. A.

Copyright, 1911,
BY
HURST & COMPANY

MADE IN U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. AN IMPRUDENT BEAR 5

II. RUGGLES—THE DERELICT 15

III. JACK’S ADVENTURE 28

IV. A BATTLE ROYAL 38

V. CAUGHT IN A TRAP 47

VI. AN EXCITING QUEST 57

VII. THE CLOUDBURST 68

VIII. ADRIFT ON THE DESERT 76

IX. THE LONE RANCHO 91

X. AFTER MIDNIGHT 103

XI. TRAPPED 116

XII. THE GRINGOES MOVE 128

XIII. SENORITA ALVERADO 140

XIV. EL FIESTA 152

XV. BY FAIR MEANS OR FOUL 164

XVI. A BORDER BOY ERRANT 176

XVII. THE TRAIL OF THE TREMBLING MOUNTAIN 186

XVIII. BLACK RAMON’S TRICKERY 197

XIX. WHAT COYOTE DID 208

XX. WITH THE MEXICAN RANGERS 224

XXI. THE CAPTAIN PLAYS A TRICK 234

XXII. THE DWELLING OF A VANISHED RACE 243

XXIII. THE HEART OF THE MYSTERY 255

XXIV. THE DEATH TRAP 266

The Border Boys with the

Mexican Rangers.