Grace Harlowes Overland Riders in the Great North Woods

Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the?by Jessie Graham Flower

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Title: Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods
Author: Jessie Graham Flower
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GRACE HARLOWE'S OVERLAND RIDERS IN THE GREAT NORTH WOODS
by
Jessie Graham Flower, A. M.
Illustrated
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY Akron, Ohio--New York Made in U. S. A.
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Copyright MCMXXI By THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
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CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I
--ON THE BIG WOODS TRAIL................................ 11
The Overlanders, arriving at their destination, are told that their guide is busy doing the family washing. Hippy and Hindenburg, the bull pup, make a hit. Emma Dean wishes she had stayed at home. The "untamed" bronco entertains the villagers.
CHAPTER II
--THE VOICE OF NATURE.................................. 18
"Why don't yer feed the critter some soothin' syrup?" jeers a villager. Emma reads the message of the hermit thrush. On the way to the "Big Woods." Trouble is threatened at Bisbee's Corners. The Overlanders attacked by roistering lumberjacks.
CHAPTER III
--THE CHARGE OF THE JACKS............................. 31
"Out of this, lively!" shouts Tom Gray. The fight in the village street. Hippy and Tom rescue an unfortunate Indian from the jacks. Willy Horse follows and overtakes his rescuers. "You Big Friend--Big Medicine!" The new guide creates a sensation.
CHAPTER IV
--A HUMAN TALKING MACHINE.............................. 42
Joe Shafto lays down the law to her charges. Tom Gray admits that he is at fault. Emma announces that some of her ancestors were birds. Hippy advises the guide to eat angel food. A wild beast in the cabin of the forest woman.
CHAPTER V
--OVERLANDERS GET A JOLT................................ 53
"A bear! A bear under the table!" Grace Harlowe's companions thrown into panic. Nora puts her foot in a platter of venison. The guide explains that Henry, the bear, is a "watch dog." Hippy and the bear meet in hand-to-hand conflict.
CHAPTER VI
--CAMPING UNDER THE GIANT PINES........................ 63
"Sick 'im, Hindenburg!" gasps Hippy. The bull pup saves his master, and Henry gets a beating. Tom shows how to read the forest "blazes." The Overland Riders pitch their first camp in the great forest. Emma gets a message from the air. The lull before the storm.
CHAPTER VII
--FELLED BY A MYSTERIOUS BLOW......................... 74
Tom and Grace hearken to warning sounds in the trees. "Quick! Get the girls out!" A rush from an unknown peril. Hippy declares that "Nature is an old fogy." Crashing reverberations are heard in the forest. "Hippy's hurt!" cries Elfreda Briggs.
CHAPTER VIII
--THEIR FIRST DISASTER............................... 80
Tom informs his companions that their camp has been wiped out. Building a fire in the rain. Overland girls learn the secrets of the forest. Joe Shafto boxes Hippy's ears. The pet bear is welcomed with a club. A startling assertion.
CHAPTER IX
--LUMBERJACKS SEEK REVENGE............................. 91
"The skidway was tampered with!" Overland tents are destroyed. Tom gets a cold welcome. A warning of timber thieves. Lean-tos are built for the night's camp. "How can we go to bed with one side of the house out?" wonders Emma. Awakened by an explosion.
CHAPTER X
--MYSTERY IN THE FALL OF A TREE........................ 102
Hippy is assisted down the river bank by a flying tree limb. The camp of the Overlanders again suffers disaster. "Hurry! We've set the woods on fire!" Battling with a forest fire. Hippy wants to dream of food. A disturbing outlook.
CHAPTER XI
--THE THREAT OF PEG TATEM............................. 115
Henry sleeps on high. The bear and the bull pup scent trouble. The foreman of Section Forty-three goes trouble-hunting. Settlement is demanded of the Overlanders for the burned trees. "Skip! Get out!" orders Lieutenant Wingate. Peg starts a row.
CHAPTER XII
--A SHOT FROM THE FOREST............................. 121
Tom Gray attacked by the lumberman. The jacks take a hand. Hippy uses a firebrand as a weapon. Overlanders badly punished. Shots from the forest shatter Peg's wooden leg. Henry paws his way into the fight. The Overlanders meet a fresh mystery.
CHAPTER XIII
--A BLAZED WARNING.................................. 132
Grace Harlowe's party seeks a change of scene. The bent arrow points to danger. The end of a long night's journey through the forest. The mournful wail of a timber wolf carries a meaning to Emma Dean. "Put out that fire!" commands the forest ranger.
CHAPTER XIV
--THEIR DAY AT HOME.................................. 143
The caller at the Overland camp grows threatening. Henry sounds a warning growl. Ordered to leave the forest. Emma tells the ranger how to get rid of wolves. "I reckon you haven't heard the last of Peg Tatem."
CHAPTER XV
--THE WAY OF THE BIG WOODS............................ 150
Newcomers arouse the apprehensions of the Overland