Introduction
Themembers of the Rambler Club of Kingswood, Wisconsin,—Bob Somers, Dave Brandon, Tom Clifton, Dick Travers and Sam Randall,—have taken advantage of an opportunity to visit the state of Texas. Shortly after their arrival, Cranny Beaumont, an old-time friend, comes on to pay them a visit. And whenever Cranny is around adventures and excitement of some sort always seem to follow.
The crowd is thrown a great deal in the company of the Texas Rangers, the “policemen of the plains,” who have many achievements to their credit in the suppression of lawlessness along the border and elsewhere in the Lone Star State.
Four of the lads, in the company of two travelers, cross the famous Rio Grande del Norte and enter Mexico, which at this time is shaken by some of the most troublous events in all of its stormy and eventful history.
In a little frontier town they meet a newspaper man and a mysterious young pianist, and through a peculiar combination of circumstances are plunged into the midst of a series of thrilling adventures.
What happens to the pianist and how a certain event plays a very important part in the career of Cranny Beaumont is related in this story.
Other books telling of the adventures of the club are:
“The Rambler Club Afloat,” “The Rambler Club’s Winter Camp,” “The Rambler Club in the Mountains,” “The Rambler Club on Circle T Ranch,” “The Rambler Club Among the Lumberjacks,” “The Rambler Club’s Gold Mine,” “The Rambler Club’s Aeroplane,” “The Rambler Club’s Houseboat,” “The Rambler Club’s Motor Car,” “The Rambler Club’s Ball Nine,” “The Rambler Club’s Football Team,” “The Rambler Club With the Northwest Mounted,” “The Rambler Club’s Motor Yacht.”