The X Bar X boys on Whirlpool River
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About This Book
It is learned that a recent hire at the X Bar X ranch named Joe Marino, a.k.a. the "Pup," has a predilection for liquor. He's had a bad influence on loyal ranch hand Gus Trippe, whose failure to mend breaks in the fence and watch the grazing cattle has allowed them to stray onto prime grazing land owned by neighbor Jake Trummer, thereby igniting sparks between Trummer and Bardwell Manley. In a subplot, Gus is disconsolate since he's been waiting fruitlessly for an important letter. Gus and the Pup are fired, but in another subplot it becomes evident that one of them has left with $600 from Bar...
Chapters (26)
- THE X BAR X BOYS ON WHIRLPOOL RIVER
- I—King of the Forest
- II—The Brainy Beastie
- III—An Angry Visitor
- IV—Joe Marino
- V—Guarded Words
- VI—To Whirlpool River
- VII—Suspicion
- VIII—Follow Us
- IX—The Water Trail
- X—A Figure among the Trees
- XI—A Night in the Woods
- XII—Voices in the Night
- XIII—The Fugitive
- XIV—Failure
- XV—A Vain Search
- XVI—Separated
- XVII—Primitive Tactics
- XVIII—Afloat Again
- XIX—The Whirlpool
- XX—Burying the Hatchet
- XXI—The Chase
- XXII—The Man at the Fire
- XXIII—Boss and Bandit
- XXIV—Flying Bullets
- XXV—Meet the Wife
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