Grace Harlowes Overland Riders on the Great American Desert

Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert

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Title: Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert
Author: Jessie Graham Flower
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GRACE HARLOWE'S OVERLAND RIDERS ON THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT
BY
JESSIE GRAHAM FLOWER, A. M.
ILLUSTRATED
CHAPTER I
--WHEN THE COWBOYS LAUGHED
Picking out the ponies for the desert journey. The Overland girls meet Hi Lang. Grace selects an "outlaw" pony. "Don't reckon you'll be able to stick on him," warns the guide. Grace Harlowe flings herself into the saddle, braced for the shock.
CHAPTER II
--AN "OUTLAW" MEETS HIS MATCH
Grace fights a stubborn battle with the vicious bronco. "Look out!" yells the guide. "Wall, ef thet don't beat the Dutch!" exclaims a cowboy. A fainting conqueror. Cowboys voice their admiration of the Overland girl, and Bud offers his services in the event of trouble.
CHAPTER III
--A THRILLING MOMENT
Enthusiastic plainsmen give Grace a Mexican lasso. The start for the desert. A rousing good-bye that ends in disaster. Elfreda and Grace accomplish a difficult feat. "Hang on! We'll stop him!" The runaway bronco is thrown. "They're caught!"
CHAPTER IV
--PING WING MAKES A DISCOVERY
Elfreda confesses to being "all mussed up," and gives first aid to an injured cowboy. The lure of the desert. Welcomed at their first camp by Ping Wing. The Chinaman as a songbird. The Overland Eiders are aroused by cries and shots.
CHAPTER V
--STALKING A MOUNTAIN MYSTERY
Ping uses a frying pan and a can of tomatoes as his weapons. Scooting for a mysterious foe. "Put up your hands! I have you covered!" Grace Harlowe exchanges shots with her adversary, then suddenly sinks out of sight.
CHAPTER VI
--INTO THE GREAT SILENCE
Hi stalks an unseen enemy and wings him. The hole in the mountain. "The hound! He hit her! I'll kill him for that!" Grace, unconscious, is carried into camp. "This is not a gunshot wound!" Bullets are fired into the camp of the Overlanders.
CHAPTER VII
--THE FIRST DESERT CAMP
Hi Lang shows his charges how to make a campfire on the desert. A water hole is found. "Some one is trying to poison us!" groans Hippy. The guide warns the campers against scorpions. Emma Dean wishes she had gone to the seashore.
CHAPTER VIII
--CALLERS DROP IN
Amid scenes of desolation. "A party of horsemen coming this way!" The Overland party prepares for trouble. Hippy is doused by a wild desert rider. "Get off my desert!" orders Lieutenant Wingate. The leader is kicked into a water hole. The battle at the water hole.
CHAPTER IX
--PIRATES GET A HOT RECEPTION
Bullets fly fast in the desert camp. Grace protests against Hi Lang's order to shoot the attackers' ponies. Miss Briggs dresses the wounds of the victims. The guide reads danger signals in the sky.
CHAPTER X
--WHEN THE BLOW FELL
"It's here!" mutters Hi Lang. Enveloped in a wild desert sandstorm. "Down! Everybody down!" Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away. "The water hole is lost!" announces the guide.
CHAPTER XI
--FACING A NEW PERIL
Ponies stray away in the storm. On the trail of the missing ones. The Overland girl makes a capture. Headed for Death Valley. Grace Harlowe is lost, but doesn't know it. Hi Lang goes to the rescue and follows her trail.
CHAPTER XII
--A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT
"We must find water!" declares Hi Lang impressively. The search for a desert "tank" begun by the weary Riders. Directed to smell for water. A thrilling discovery. Hopes dashed to earth. "Get back to your positions!" orders the guide.
CHAPTER XIII
--A STARTLING ALARM
Supper is eaten without water or tea. Hi Lang shows the girls how to extract food and moisture from a cactus plant. "This is heavenly!" gasps Emma, and wonders