GRACE HARLOWE'S OVERLAND RIDERS AMONG THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINEERS

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I--EXCITEMENT IN THE FOOTHILLS 11

Washington Washington's music is rudely interrupted.
The revenge of an outraged mule. "Why dat fool mule
kick me?" Hippy airs his knowledge of woodcraft.
"Laundry" puts the Overland camp in an uproar.


CHAPTER II--THE MYSTERY MAN 25

"Dis am de sebbenth yeah." The Spectacle Man
introduces himself. The voice from the wilderness.
The visitor gives the Overland Riders a word of
advice. Mystified by an appearance and a
disappearance.


CHAPTER III--HIPPY BOUNCES THE "SHEREEF" 32

Overlanders ordered to leave the mountains at once.
Hippy Wingate's smile grows into a frown. A bullet
that missed its mark. Grace Harlowe steps on Washington's
neck and starts an uproar. A mysterious
shot wings the mountaineer.


CHAPTER IV--FOOTPRINTS IN THE MOSS 42

The Mystery Man slips away unobserved. The Overlanders
led to wonder. Tom Gray utters a warning.
Washington gets another scare. The prowler leaves a
trail. Revolver shots stir the Overland Riders to
action. "That's Grace's weapon!" cries Lieutenant
Wingate.


CHAPTER V--THE WAY IS BARRED 52

"Halt! Who comes?" Grace Harlowe slightly
wounded. Hippy, in search of her, loses himself.
Grace tells of her duel in the bush. The Overlanders
are sternly halted and ordered to go back. A shot and
a command. Hippy's hat is shot off.


CHAPTER VI--HIPPY MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS 61

Overlanders throw up their hands. Nora tweaks a
mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears. Tables turned
on a mountain ruffian. A night prowler frightened
away by a shot. "Hurry, Grace! Hippy has gone!"
cries Elfreda Briggs in a thrilling voice.


CHAPTER VII--A VOICE FROM THE SHADOWS 74

The search for Hippy Wingate is begun. Significant
trail-signs are discovered. Grace Harlowe makes a find.
"Hippy's hat!" gasps Miss Briggs. A mysterious
message is tossed into the Overland camp at night.
The girls are encouraged by a comforting word.


CHAPTER VIII--A FRIEND IN NEED 87

Hippy, awakening, finds himself a captive. A grilling
ride on horseback. Captors question and threaten their
prisoner. Sight of food makes Hippy sad. "Don't make a
sound, Lieutenant," warns a friendly voice. "There's a
price on your head!"


CHAPTER IX--THE POWER OF MIND 99

"I didn't con-centrate for nothing," declares Emma
Dean. Grace finds and loses the trail. Elfreda fires
at a noise. "Cut the gun!" howls Hippy Wingate. "The
mountaineers are after us!" Lieutenant Wingate's
rescuer advises the party to move at once.


CHAPTER X--"THEY'VE GOT THE BOY!" 107

"Two skips an' er jump" to their destination.
Washington's howls arouse the Overland camp. The
colored boy suddenly disappears. The night vigil of
the Overland Riders is broken by a shock.


CHAPTER XI--"A MARKED MAN" 114

"Hold your fire!" orders Lieutenant Wingate. Washington
Washington flounders into camp. "All this scare for a
black nightmare," groans Emma. The "rural free delivery
man" makes an early call. Another mystery for the Overland
Riders to solve.


CHAPTER XII--A MOUNTAIN MYSTERY 121

A message and a postscript. Miss Briggs says she will
show her companions. Camp is made on the Thompson farm.
Julie calls to look the Overlanders over. Invited to a
mountain dance. Hippy makes a trouble-forecast.


CHAPTER XIII--THREE MEN IN THE CORNFIELD 132

Washington says he "sawed" a man. Jeremiah makes a
call on the Overland camp. How the Spectacle Man
"fits" glasses. The "benefactor of all mankind"
suddenly changes his mind. "Two dollars, please."


CHAPTER XIV--ELFREDA DISTINGUISHES HERSELF 140

The Mystery Man makes a pun. Jeremiah "rolls" out of
camp. Elfreda discovers a bear. "He is eating up our