Produced by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES] _THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES._ FRANK AMONG THE RANCHEROS. BY HARRY CASTLEMON, AUTHOR OF "THE GUN-BOAT SERIES," "THE GO-AHEAD SERIES," ETC. THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO., PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, TORONTO. FAMOUS CASTLEMON BOOKS. GUNBOAT SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 6 vols. 12mo. FRANK THE YOUNG NATURALIST. FRANK IN THE WOODS. FRANK ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI. FRANK ON A GUNBOAT. FRANK BEFORE VICKSBURG. FRANK ON THE PRAIRIE. ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. FRANK AMONG THE RANCHEROS. FRANK AT DON CARLOS' RANCH. FRANK IN THE MOUNTAINS. SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. THE SPORTSMAN'S CLUB IN THE SADDLE. THE SPORTSMAN'S CLUB AFLOAT. THE SPORTSMAN'S CLUB AMONG THE TRAPPERS. FRANK NELSON SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. SNOWED UP. FRANK IN THE FORECASTLE. THE BOY TRADERS. BOY TRAPPER SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. THE BURIED TREASURE. THE BOY TRAPPER. THE MAIL-CARRIER. ROUGHING IT SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. GEORGE IN CAMP. GEORGE AT THE WHEEL. GEORGE AT THE FORT. ROD AND GUN SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. DON GORDON'S SHOOTING BOX. ROD AND GUN CLUB. THE YOUNG WILD FOWLERS. GO-AHEAD SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. TOM NEWCOMBE. GO-AHEAD. NO MOSS. FOREST AND STREAM SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. JOE WAYRING. SNAGGED AND SUNK. STEEL HORSE. WAR SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 5 vols. 12mo. Cloth. TRUE TO HIS COLORS. RODNEY THE PARTISAN. RODNEY THE OVERSEER. MARCY THE BLOCKADE-RUNNER. MARCY THE REFUGEE. Other Volumes in Preparation. * * * * * Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by R.W. CARROLL & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of Ohio. COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY CHARLES A. FOSDICK. CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. A Novel Battle, 5 CHAPTER II. Frank's New Home, 16 CHAPTER III. Twelve Thousand Dollars, 29 CHAPTER IV. Frank Proves Himself a Hero, 40 CHAPTER V. The Fight in the Court, 54 CHAPTER VI. The Mysteries Solved, 68 CHAPTER VII. Frank Meets a Highwayman, 81 CHAPTER VIII. Colonel Arthur Vane, 95 CHAPTER IX. An Old Boy, 110 CHAPTER X. Arthur Shows His Courage, 126 CHAPTER XI. Arthur Plans Revenge, 137 CHAPTER XII. Off for the Mountains, 154 CHAPTER XIII. Pierre and His Band, 168 CHAPTER XIV. A Dinner in the Mountains, 180 CHAPTER XV. More Treachery, 193 CHAPTER XVI. The Escape, 204 CHAPTER XVII.