Tom's breath was coming fast and his eyes were shining.
Bert looked at him for a moment and then nudged Dick.
"Didn't I hear some one say a little while ago," he asked slyly, "that in
this little old United States there was too much civilization?"
"Yes," replied Dick, still quoting, "nothing ever happens nowadays."
CHAPTER II
The Ranch in the Rockies
With a great roar and rattle and clangor of bells, the train drew up at
the little station where the boys were to descend. Their long rail
journey of nearly three thousand miles was over, but they still had a
forty-mile drive before they would reach the ranch.
For a half hour previous they had been gathering their traps together and
saying good-by to their friends on the train. These last included all of
the travelers, who, since the capture of the robbers, had insisted on
making heroes of the boys. In vain they had protested that the thanks
were out of all proportion to the service rendered. The passengers
themselves knew better. And it was amid a chorus of the friendliest
farewells and good wishes that they had stepped to the rude platform of
the station.
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