Chapter I: Front Matter

_The X Bar X Boys at the Round-Up_ _Frontispiece_ (_Page 210_)]

THE X BAR X BOYS
AT THE ROUND-UP

BY
JAMES CODY FERRIS

AUTHOR OF “THE X BAR X BOYS ON THE RANCH,”
“THE X BAR X BOYS ON BIG BISON TRAIL,” ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED BY_
WALTER S. ROGERS

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

WESTERN STORIES FOR BOYS

By JAMES CODY FERRIS

THE X BAR X BOYS BOOKS

THE X BAR X BOYS ON THE RANCH
THE X BAR X BOYS IN THUNDER CANYON
THE X BAR X BOYS ON WHIRLPOOL RIVER
THE X BAR X BOYS ON BIG BISON TRAIL
THE X BAR X BOYS AT THE ROUND-UP

(OTHER VOLUMES IN PREPARATION)

GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

Copyright, 1927, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP

_All Rights Reserved_

=The X Bar X Boys at the Round-Up=

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE PACK 1

II RESCUE 11

III ROY’S KNIFE 21

IV OVERHEARD 31

V HORTENSE RUNS WILD 41

VI MR. PETERSON’S FORFEIT 51

VII POP WAXES WROTH 59

VIII SOMETHING QUEER 67

IX THE WILD HORSE 76

X ROY’S ROPE 84

XI THE FLYING HAT 91

XII VOICES IN THE NIGHT 101

XIII A DOWN-GRADE PROBLEM 110

XIV THE CRYSTAL GAZER 123

XV MYSTERIOUS DANGER 131

XVI THE START OF THE ROUND-UP 138

XVII DRIVING IN 146

XVIII TEDDY GETS HIS ORDERS 154

XIX INTO THE CORRAL 161

XX THE STRANGE FIRE 167

XXI THE RUSTLERS’ CAMP 174

XXII CAPTIVES 180

XXIII TOO LATE 186

XXIV THE TRAIN OF EMPTIES 193

XXV THE RODEO 201

THE X BAR X BOYS
AT THE ROUND-UP