[Illustration: AND TEDDY DID “RIDE ’IM.” _The X Bar X Boys at the Round-Up_ _Frontispiece_ (_Page 210_)] THE X BAR X BOYS AT THE ROUND-UP BY JAMES CODY FERRIS AUTHOR OF “THE X BAR X BOYS ON THE RANCH,” “THE X BAR X BOYS ON BIG BISON TRAIL,” ETC. _ILLUSTRATED BY_ WALTER S. ROGERS NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Made in the United States of America WESTERN STORIES FOR BOYS By JAMES CODY FERRIS THE X BAR X BOYS BOOKS THE X BAR X BOYS ON THE RANCH THE X BAR X BOYS IN THUNDER CANYON THE X BAR X BOYS ON WHIRLPOOL RIVER THE X BAR X BOYS ON BIG BISON TRAIL THE X BAR X BOYS AT THE ROUND-UP (OTHER VOLUMES IN PREPARATION) GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK Copyright, 1927, by GROSSET & DUNLAP _All Rights Reserved_ =The X Bar X Boys at the Round-Up= CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE PACK 1 II RESCUE 11 III ROY’S KNIFE 21 IV OVERHEARD 31 V HORTENSE RUNS WILD 41 VI MR. PETERSON’S FORFEIT 51 VII POP WAXES WROTH 59 VIII SOMETHING QUEER 67 IX THE WILD HORSE 76 X ROY’S ROPE 84 XI THE FLYING HAT 91 XII VOICES IN THE NIGHT 101 XIII A DOWN-GRADE PROBLEM 110 XIV THE CRYSTAL GAZER 123 XV MYSTERIOUS DANGER 131 XVI THE START OF THE ROUND-UP 138 XVII DRIVING IN 146 XVIII TEDDY GETS HIS ORDERS 154 XIX INTO THE CORRAL 161 XX THE STRANGE FIRE 167 XXI THE RUSTLERS’ CAMP 174 XXII CAPTIVES 180 XXIII TOO LATE 186 XXIV THE TRAIN OF EMPTIES 193 XXV THE RODEO 201 THE X BAR X BOYS AT THE ROUND-UP