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Title: The Motor Boys on the Border; Or, Sixty Nuggets of Gold

Author: Clarence Young

Release date: March 20, 2015 [eBook #48536]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE BORDER; OR, SIXTY NUGGETS OF GOLD ***

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

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THERE STALKED INTO THE CLEARING A NUMBER OF INDIANS.
“CAN WE GO?” BURST OUT NED.
LYING AT FULL LENGTH ON THE GROUND, WAS PROFESSOR SNODGRASS.
“THE FIRST OF THE SIXTY NUGGETS!” HE SHOUTED.