The Boy Ranchers in Camp
Author | : Willard F. Baker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2018-05-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 1985609290 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781985609297 |
Rating | : 4/5 (297 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Boy Ranchers in Camp written by Willard F. Baker and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular children's book from the Boy Ranchers series, published around 1920.Excerpt from the book;you ride so pronto like?" demanded the young western ranch boy."Heap wrong!" came the answer in guttural tones. "You no shut off water in pipe; eh?""Shut off the irrigation water? I should say not!" cried Bud. "Why, has anyone?""Water no come! All gone! No run splash-splash now!" and Buck Tooth waved his hand toward the reservoir made by a dam that curved out in a half circle from the wall of natural rock."The water gone!" cried Bud. "This is strange! Let's have a look!"He and his cousins rode at top speed to the reservoir that had reclaimed Flume Valley from the semi-desert it had long been. Dismounting, they climbed the slope and saw that from the great iron pipe, which was wont to spout a sparkling stream, there came only a few drops and trickles."It's disappeared!" said Bud in a low voice. "The water has taken another course! This means the end of Flume Valley, I reckon!"