Frank Among The Rancheros   By: Harry Castlemon (1842-1915)

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES.

FRANK AMONG THE RANCHEROS.

BY HARRY CASTLEMON, AUTHOR OF "THE GUN BOAT SERIES," "THE GO AHEAD SERIES," ETC.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by R.W. CARROLL & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of Ohio.

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY CHARLES A. FOSDICK.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.

A Novel Battle, 5

CHAPTER II.

Frank's New Home, 16

CHAPTER III.

Twelve Thousand Dollars, 29

CHAPTER IV.

Frank Proves Himself a Hero, 40

CHAPTER V.

The Fight in the Court, 54

CHAPTER VI.

The Mysteries Solved, 68

CHAPTER VII.

Frank Meets a Highwayman, 81

CHAPTER VIII.

Colonel Arthur Vane, 95

CHAPTER IX.

An Old Boy, 110

CHAPTER X.

Arthur Shows His Courage, 126

CHAPTER XI.

Arthur Plans Revenge, 137

CHAPTER XII.

Off for the Mountains, 154

CHAPTER XIII.

Pierre and His Band, 168

CHAPTER XIV.

A Dinner in the Mountains, 180

CHAPTER XV.

More Treachery, 193

CHAPTER XVI.

The Escape, 204

CHAPTER XVII.

The Struggle on the Cliff, 221

CHAPTER XVIII.

Conclusion, 237

FRANK AMONG THE RANCHEROS.

CHAPTER I.

A NOVEL BATTLE.

"Pull him along, Carlos! Pull him along!" shouted a young gentleman about sixteen years of age, as he danced about on the back porch of his uncle's house, in a state of great excitement; "why don't you pull him along?"

"He'll come, after awhile," replied the person addressed; "but he is very wild and obstinate."

The boy on the porch was almost beside himself so much so, in fact, that he found it utterly impossible to stand still. He was jumping wildly about, swinging his arms around his head, and laughing and shouting at the top of his lungs.