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Patchin, Frank Gee

 
9781421818276: The Pony Rider Boys in Montana

Synopsis

Forsythe! announced the trainman in a loud voice. "That is where we get off, is it not!" asked Tad Butler. "Yes, this is the place," answered Professor Zepplin. "I don't see any place," objected Stacy Brown, peering from the car window. "Where is it?" "You'll see it in a minute," said Walter Perkins. "Chunky, we are too busy to bother answering all your silly questions. Why don't you get a railroad guide? Town's on the other side. It's one of those one-sided towns. Use your eyes more and your tongue less," added Ned Rector impatiently.

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Readers of this exciting action series are already well acquainted with the Pony Rider Boys to need a formal introduction. As told in “The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies,” the lads had set out from their homes in Missouri for a summer’s vacation in the saddle. The first volume detailed how they hunted big game and how they finally discovered the Lost Claim, which they won after fighting a battle with the mountaineers, thus earning for themselves quite a fortune.

In “The Pony Rider Boys in Montana,” the scene shifts to the old Custer Trail, the battle ground of one of the most tragic events in American history. The story describes how Tad Butler overheard a plot to stampede and kill a flock of many thousand sheep; how after experiencing many hardships, he finally carried the news to the owner of the herd; then later, participated in the battle between the cowmen and sheep herders, in which the latter emerged victorious. It recalls how the Pony Rider Boys were captured by the Blackfeet Indians and taken to their mountain retreat, where with a young companion he was held until they made their escape with the assistance of an Indian maiden; how they were pursued by the warriors whose bullets whisked over their heads.

(cover image courtesy of Billy Alexander)

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