Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods

Jessie Graham [Pseud.] Flower

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• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
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• Langue: English

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods, by Jessie Graham Flower This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods Author: Jessie Graham Flower Release Date: January 11, 2007 [EBook #20341] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OVERLAND RIDERS *** Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "You Ruffian!" Frontispiece 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. Copyright MCMXXI By THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY Contents C HAPTER I—ON THE BIG WOODS TRAIL 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. 11 C HAPTER II—THE VOICE OF N ATURE "Why don't yer feed the critter some soothin' syrup?" jeers a villager. 18 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. C HAPTER III—THE C HARGE OF THE JACKS "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. 31 C HAPTER IV—A H UMAN TALKING MACHINE 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. 42 C HAPTER V—OVERLANDERS GET A JOLT "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. 53 C HAPTER VI—C AMPING U NDER THE GIANT PINES "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. 63 C HAPTER VII—FELLED BY A MYSTERIOUS BLOW 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. 74 C HAPTER VIII—THEIR FIRST D ISASTER 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. 80 C HAPTER IX—LUMBERJACKS SEEK R EVENGE "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. 91 C HAPTER X—MYSTERY IN THE FALL OF A TREE 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. 115 C HAPTER XI—THE THREAT OF PEG TATEM 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. 115 C HAPTER XII—A SHOT FROM THE FOREST 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. 121 The Overlanders meet a fresh mystery. C HAPTER XIII—A BLAZED WARNING 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. 132 C HAPTER XIV—THEIR D AY AT H OME 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." 143 C HAPTER XV—THE WAY OF THE BIG WOODS Newcomers arouse the apprehensions of the Overland Riders. "Put up yer hands!" comes the stern command. Deputy sheriffs inform the Overlanders that they are under arrest. Joe Shafto fires a warning shot at their annoying callers. 150 C HAPTER XVI—WILLY H ORSE SHOWS THE WAY Elfreda out-argues the officers of the law. Visitors politely requested to remove themselves. Threats of revenge. Camp is made on the banks of the Little Big Branch. Willy shows the way to the Overlanders' permanent camp. 157 C HAPTER XVII—IN THE INDIAN TEPEE Willy Horse arrives in a bark canoe. An Indian home is built for the Overland girls. Grace paddles the birch canoe and gets a ducking. Henry investigates the tepee and his nose suffers. A loud halloo arouses the girls from their beauty sleep. 173 C HAPTER XVIII—THE TRAIL OF THE PIRATES The bull pup keeps bankers' hours. Tom and Hippy seek evidence of timber-thieves and make discoveries. Hippy evolves a great idea. Willy tells Lieutenant Wingate about Chief Iron Toe. Hippy and the Indian go away on an important mission. 182 C HAPTER XIX—THE R ETURN OF THE PRODIGAL "Bears is better than husbands," declares Joe Shafto. Hippy announces that he has bought a big timber tract. "Don't ask me a question until my stomach begins to function." Willy Horse brings a warning of spies near the camp. 193 C HAPTER XX—PEACE OR WAR? Chet Ainsworth arrives at the point of a rifle. The peace of the Overland camp violently disturbed. Hippy admits that he is crazy. Henry gives uninvited guests a scare. "They do get that way sometimes." Overlanders gaze in amazement. 204 C HAPTER XXI—A WISE OLD OWL Joe sicks the bear on the guests. The forest woman in a rage. "Stop him! He'll kill the man!" Willy Horse sees things in the campfire. Emma finds a message for Hippy in the hoot of the old owl. 210 C HAPTER XXII—WHEN THE D AM WENT OUT A surprise party for the lumberjacks on Hippy's claim. The dance is interrupted by the Indian's message. "Dam up river go out! Water come down!" announces Willy Horse unemotionally. The jacks take alarm. 217 C HAPTER XXIII—THE R IOT OF THE LOGS A desperate struggle. "I'm slipping!" gasps Hippy. "Too late!" Tom and 227 Hippy are hurled into the river. Dynamite used on the pirates' dam. A hand-to-hand knife battle on the spiles. Grace stays the Indian's hand. C HAPTER XXIV—C HRISTMAS IN THE BIG WOODS A capture and a confession. Peg Tatem in the toils. Timber pirates get prison terms. The lumberjacks' big Christmas. "Sit down, you roughnecks!" roars Hippy. Spike bares his soul. What the snow-bird said. 238 GRACE HARLOWE'S OVERLAND RIDERS IN THE GREAT NORTH WOODS 11 CHAPTER I ON THE BIG WOODS TRAIL Hippy Wingate stepped from the train that had just pulled into the little Red River Valley station and turned to observe Tom Gray and the others of the Overland Riders detrain. In one hand Hippy carried a suitcase, in the other a disconsolate-looking bull pup done up in a shawl strap. "Be you Gray?" Hippy turned to look at the owner of the voice, not certain that the question had been addressed to him. He found himself facing an uncouth-looking youth who, despite the heat of an early September afternoon, wore a heavy blanket Mackinaw coat, rubber shoes and thick stockings tied at the knee. Khaki trousers, and a cap of the same material as the coat, completed the typical lumberjack outfit, though Tom Gray was the only member of the Overland party who recognized it as such. The youngster's hands were thrust firmly into the pockets of the Mackinaw coat as he stood eyeing Hippy with a sullen expression on his face. "Am I what?" demanded the Overland Rider, putting down the suitcase and dropping the pup, much to the animal's relief. "I said, be you Gray?" "Not yet, old chap. I am threatened with a bald head early in my young life, but I thank goodness I am not gray. Why? What's the joke?" The loungers on the station platform laughed, and the boy shifted uneasily and leaned against a station pillar. "'Cause I was to meet er feller named Gray who was comin' in on this train." 12 "Oh! That's it, is it? I thought you meant is my hair gray," grinned Hippy. "Oh, Tom! Here is your man. Here's your guide," cried Hippy, shaking hands cordially with the young fellow. Detaching himself from the girls of the party of Overland Riders who were assembling their luggage, Tom Gray stepped over to Lieutenant Wingate. "Are you Joe Shafto?" questioned Tom, addressing the boy. "Naw, I ain't. Joe sent me over to meet you folks and tell you how to git up to the place." "Why isn't Joe here to meet us?" demanded Grace Harlowe, joining the group in time to hear the boy's explanation. "Joe's doin' the washin' to-day, and to-morrer is ironin' day. Joe sent word sayin' as I was to meet you and tell you not to git up there before late to-morrer afternoon." "Ho, ho! Doing the f