The Pony Rider Boys in Texas; Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains

"What\'s that?" "Guns, I reckon." "Sounds to me as if the town were being attacked. Just like war time, isn\'t it?" "Never having been to war, I can\'t say. But it\'s a noise all right." The freckle-faced boy, sitting on his pony with easy confidence, answered his companion\'s questions absently. After a careless glance up the street, he turned to resume his study of the noisy crowds that were surging back and forth along the main street of San Diego, Texas.