The Motor Boys on a Ranch; Or, Ned, Bob and Jerry Among the Cowboys
The Motor Boys on a Ranch; Or, Ned, Bob and Jerry Among the Cowboys
By Clarence Young (The Motor Boys #18)
2 Apr, 2020
“What’s that noise?” asked Gimp, seated with the other cowboys, most of whom were smoking.
“What noise?” asked the Parson, lazily flicking the ashes from his cigarette.
“Sounds like a lot of firecrackers going off.”
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“What’s that noise?” asked Gimp, seated with the other cowboys, most of whom were smoking.
“What noise?” asked the Parson, lazily flicking the ashes from his cigarette.
“Sounds like a lot of firecrackers going off.”
The cowboys, roused from their noon-day siesta, had risen from benches or from sprawling positions on the grass and were gazing about.
“I don’t see anything,” observed Gimp.
“Nor I,” said the Parson. “But I hear it. It’s a sort of crackling.”
The noise grew louder. Less