This is a new theme for a juvenile. It is different from the usual school boy life, for the two young heroes work on a cattle ranch in the far West, where they try to help support their family and also save enough money to secure an education. The boys work side by side with the cattlemen on the ranch and do the same work, herding the cattle, breaking in the young cows, saving them from the wolves, and protecting the ranch from the Indians and the cattle thieves. The book is filled with descriptions of life on the open prairie and the exciting episodes connected with work on a ranch.