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XIV The Broken Train 108 XV Jack Meets a Girl 117 XVI A Dangerous Descent 125 XVII Thirsty on the Desert 133 XVIII Lost in the Bad Lands 146 XIX A Perilous Slide 155 XX Long Gun Is Afraid 162 XXI The Deadly Gas 171 XXII An Unexpected Encounter 178 XXIII Another Night Scare 184 XXIV Jack Gets a Bear 191 XXV Some Peculiar Marks 199 XXVI The Spring Trap 206 XXVII Ordered Back 212 XXVIII Will Saves Jack’s Life 223 XXIX The Blizzard 231 XXX Jack’s Hazardous Plan 238 XXXI A Perilous Ride 245 XXXII Into a Strange Camp 254 XXXIII Held Captives 262 XXXIV The Mystery Explained 272 XXXV Jack Meets Mabel—Conclusion. 283

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CHAPTER I
JACK WINS A RACE

“Now, then, are you all ready?”

“I’m as ready as I ever shall be,” answered Jack Ranger, in reply to the question from Sam Chalmers. “Let her go!”

“Wait a minute,” cried Dock Snaith. “I want to put a little more oil on my oarlocks.”

“Oh, you’re always fussing about something,