staring at the vanishing auto. Then Jerr

e Noddy anything,"

scores to Pender,"

hance at one of t

"We may as well keep on to town, now the excitem

lage, where they found a good hotel. They

st awakening from what he declared had been a refreshing sleep. The punctured tire was soon repaired, and, dismissing the drive

or a day in the town. Jerry attended to the purchases, while Nestor and

, stretching out in a comfortable chair. "I'm jest

ke long now

a little hard gittin' over the New Mexico mountain range, but I guess the cho

ou had it all staked

aveled. I've lost my way more than once there. But I reckon I can find the mine. Once I str

he mine. For, in the adjoining apartment was Bill Berry. He listened intently to what Nestor said

I will get in on that deal. We must profit by this. I wi

to follow, after repairing the auto, and pick him up. But the encounter between Noddy and the Motor Boys made the former change his

ds many stories of western life. Jerry had completed his purchases by dusk, the auto ta

er, and crossing it, they found themselves in Missouri. For several

across the rolling prairie, Bob, who was steerin

hirlwind coming

d up and pe

t the kind you're

kind i

I expect there'll be some fun presently," a

ll they kill

he miner, slowly, "but they'll try to sca

was the rapid hoof-beats of the cowboys' ponies as they raced alo

of revolver shots. At the same time forty cowboys were disclosed to the astonished gaze of the Cr

er of the herders. He was astride a black pony, and as he s

ly, the b

fangled stage coach!" exclaimed the leader, waving his gun

is revolver, and the hat of the

t returning the fire, "don't you know bet

g up and surveying the bunch of cattl

ure of their leader, and seeing the joke was against

st out for a lark, an' we seen your Old Nick wagon c

take the cowboys. "I suppose my friends may now lower their

on, boys, three cheers for the tenderfeet

me of the more exuberant of the cow-p

a little spin in that shebang," spoke the lead

o Jerry, advising that the wish of the cowboys be complied with, as

wo of his companions got into the auto. They were delighted with the way Jerry spun the mac

heir seats. No sooner had Jerry started off with them than th

ere!" excla

reckon I can run this as well as you. Let me

tle-puncher would speedily come to grief. Nestor observed the little difficul

was being roughly handled as the men sought to put him from his seat

urn a somersault?" he asked the m

t, sonny," w

u like to

your

trick," went on Jerry. "If you will kindly get out and all

in the auto, as they descend

in, and they obeyed, wondering what he was going to do. The cowboys, gathered in a wid

. They did so. The next instant the boy put on full power