** transcription by Kent Fielden

THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN MONTANA

BY FRANK GEE PATCHIN



CHAPTER I

FITTING OUT FOR THE JOURNEY

"Forsythe!" announced the trainman in a loud voice.

"That is where we get off, is it not!" asked Tad Butler.

"Yes, this is the place," answered Professor Zepplin.

"I don't see any place," objected Stacy Brown, peering from the car
window. "Where is it?"

"You'll see it in a minute," said Walter Perkins.

"Chunky, we are too busy to bother answering all your silly
questions. Why don't you get a railroad guide? Town's on the other
side. It's one of those one-sided towns. Use your eyes more and your
tongue less," added Ned Rector impatiently.

With this injunction, Ned rose and began pulling his belongings from
the rack over his head, which action was followed by the three other