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  THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE BORDER

  Or

  Sixty Nuggets of Gold

  BY

  CLARENCE YOUNG

  AUTHOR OF “THE MOTOR BOYS,” “THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS,” “THE RACER BOYS SERIES,” “THE JACK RANGER SERIES,” ETC.

  ILLUSTRATED

  NEW YORK

  CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

  BOOKS BY CLARENCE YOUNG

  =THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES=

  12mo. Illustrated.

  Price per volume, 60 cents, postpaid.

  THE MOTOR BOYS THE MOTOR BOYS OVERLAND THE MOTOR BOYS IN MEXICO THE MOTOR BOYS ACROSS THE PLAINS THE MOTOR BOYS AFLOAT THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE ATLANTIC THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE PACIFIC THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE ROCKIES THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE OCEAN THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE WING THE MOTOR BOYS AFTER A FORTUNE THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE BORDER

  =THE JACK RANGER SERIES=

  12mo. Finely illustrated.

  Price per volume, $1.00, postpaid.

  JACK RANGER’S SCHOOLDAYS JACK RANGER’S WESTERN TRIP JACK RANGER’S SCHOOL VICTORIES JACK RANGER’S OCEAN CRUISE JACK RANGER’S GUN CLUB JACK RANGER’S TREASURE BOX

  =THE RACER BOYS SERIES=

  12mo. Illustrated.

  Price per volume, 60 cents, postpaid.

  THE RACER BOYS THE RACER BOYS AT BOARDING SCHOOL THE RACER BOYS TO THE RESCUE THE RACER BOYS ON THE PRAIRIES

  Copyright, 1913, by CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

  =The Motor Boys on the Border=

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE I. QUEER ACTIONS 1 II. A TOWN GONE MAD 12 III. DISAPPOINTMENT 22 IV. AN UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTION 32 V. NODDY NIXON THREATENS 41 VI. FORMING THE SYNDICATE 49 VII. A NIGHT CHASE 56 VIII. MAROONED 63 IX. NODDY PACKS UP 75 X. AN AIRSHIP FLIGHT 84 XI. OFF FOR THE BORDER 92 XII. THE PROFESSOR IS MISSING 99 XIII. A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER 107 XIV. IN KABSPELL 117 XV. OFF IN THE MOTORSHIP 125 XVI. A FRIGHTENED SETTLEMENT 133 XVII. THE BLACKFEET 140 XVIII. BEAR STEAKS 147 XIX. ON GUARD 154 XX. A NIGHT ATTACK 164 XXI. INTO THE DEPTHS 170 XXII. A DISAPPOINTED PROFESSOR 177 XXIII. WATCHED 184 XXIV. THE LUMINOUS SNAKES 190 XXV. THE HIDDEN MAN 196 XXVI. THE EMPTY POCKET 204 XXVII. A PERILOUS SEARCH 211 XXVIII. THE SIXTY NUGGETS 217 XXIX. INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS 225 XXX. A FLIGHT BY NIGHT 239

  INTRODUCTION

  MY DEAR BOYS:

  When Jerry, Ned and Bob returned from an automobile ride one day, andsaw a great crowd around the railroad station of their home town, theywere somewhat excited. They were made more so when they saw Jim Nestor,the foreman of the mine in which they held an interest, and anotherWesterner, wildly digging on the tracks. And when they heard themurmurs of “gold,” they did not know what to think.

  And from then on they were involved in happenings that did not ceasewhen they set out to recover the sixty nuggets, so strangely hidden onthe border. Though the gold on the railroad tracks did not amount tomuch, the other pocket of the precious yellow metal did, as you willlearn in the pages that follow.

  In this book you may also read of the search Professor Snodgrass madefor some luminous snakes, and how he found them; and I have also takenpleasure in writing for you an account of how Noddy Nixon tried to getaway from the motor boys the gold they worked so hard for, and how ourheroes braved even the perils of a band of Blackfeet Indians, who hadescaped from their reservation.

  That you will like this book as well as you have the others of theseries, is the sincere wish of

  Your true friend,

  CLARENCE YOUNG.

  THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE BORDER