"Yes, that's the name." "This is he," Tad informed him, introducing
the Professor.

"If you and the young men will come up to the bank we will talk
matters over. I would ask you to my house, but my family is spending
the summer at my ranch out near Gracy Butte."

"It is just as well," said the Professor. "We are not exactly up
here on a social mission. The boys are crowding all the time
possible into their life during their vacation. I presume they are
anxious to get started again."

Leaving their baggage at the railroad station, the party set off up
the street with the banker, to make final arrangements for the
journey to which they looked forward with keen anticipation.

Readers of this series will remember how, in "THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN
THE ROCKIES," the four lads set off on horseback to spend part of
their summer vacation in the mountains. The readers will remember
too, the many thrilling experiences that the boys passed through on
that eventful trip, between hunting big game in hand to hand
conflict, fighting a real battle with the bad men of the mountains,
and how in the end they discovered and took possession of the Lost
Claim.

Readers will also remember how the lads next joined in a cattle
drive, and their adventures and exciting trip across the plains in
"THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN TEXAS."

It will be recalled that on this expedition they became cowboys in