Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras

Stacy was making for the shore at full speed, creating considerable disturbance in the water as he progressed. Tom Gray and Hippy, concluding that safety first was the motto for...

The members of the party were keenly interested in watching the pack-horses to see how they acted under these trying circumstances, and, to their satisfaction, found that the an...

"Have the train draw up here and wait for us," Sheriff Ford directed, as the trainmen were about to return to their train after the bandits had finally been driven off. "Those r...

"No. On purpose. Then I shoved the canoe out and threw my hat into the water, climbed up the side of the mountain and watched you all hunting for me," chuckled Stacy. "You all h...

The Overlanders listened breathlessly to Grace Harlowe's story of her experience, but no one had an explanation to offer. They asked her if she had gone up to the rock to see if...

"We will crawl across the tracks between the engine and the cars," whispered the sheriff. "Once on the other side we must get to the rear of the bandits, and as soon as we find...

"He is my Hippy's nephew," Nora Wingate informed her. "You will like 'Chunky,' as he is known to his friends, and I promise you that he will keep this outfit from getting lonely...

The blow on the head had left Lieutenant Wingate unconscious. Without loss of a minute he was thrown over the back of the horse, in front of the rider, like a sack of meal on it...

"I have found a guide," announced Hippy next morning, walking into the post office where he found all the other members of his party writing postal cards to friends in the east.

The camp was instantly aroused. Tom was discovered sitting calmly by a little fire that he had built, waiting for the sleepers to awaken. Tom had done exactly what Grace said he...

Stacy swept past, flinging back some unintelligible words, the ponies still tearing along after him. The Overland Riders shouted with laughter at the funny antics of the hobbled...

Grace and Elfreda, holding hands, were already dancing about in grotesque fashion, taking long draughts of air into their lungs, the color rising to their faces as the circulati...

"Take it easy! Don't lose your heads. We are safe for the moment," urged a voice that sounded like Sheriff Ford's. Whoever it was, his words brought a measure of quiet to the ex...

"It crawled right over my face," declared Stacy. "I grabbed it and hurled it from me, and think I must have flung it against a tree and killed it. Uncle Hip, go see if you can f...

"All aboard for the High Sierras!" called Stacy Brown, swinging to his saddle a few minutes later. The others, one by one, mounted and sat awaiting the order to start.

"Don't wolly till to-mollow," imitated Stacy Brown. "Woo, got anything loose about the house? I've been living on pink snow for so long that I feel like a snowbird in distress....

A week had elapsed since they left the "Lazy J" ranch, and during all that time they had sighted no game except some grouse that they had shot at but failed to bring down. Provi...

"Bullets are coming from somewhere, that is certain," answered Hippy, raising his head from the ground on which he, as well as his companions, had thrown themselves at the first...

"A great many. I was in that wreck myself. I was shaken up a bit, that's all. You see I know how to take care of myself. We commercial travelers have to or we should soon be out...

The pony had nosed its way around the base of a high rock, fetching up on a meadow, when Stacy made the discovery that startled him. What he saw was a group of men sitting about...

"All right, I'll sleep in the hole in the ground, but don't you dare throw dirt on me," warned Stacy, crawling into the trench and cautiously disposing of himself to see if his...

Shouting and laughing, the entire party raced down the hill and up the other side to view the result of Lieutenant Wingate's shot. They found the buck lying dead where it had fa...

"Keep quiet! Don't frighten her!" cried Grace, snatching the lariat from her saddle and handing it to Hippy. "Slip the loop over one of her hind legs, but for goodness sake do n...

The morning dawned with the sky a molten green and gold. The mountain peak and the high ridges were a beautiful pink, and below them lay the green and blue of the meadow like a...

Grace Harlowe flees from a hideous face. The Overland girls are eager to solve the mountain mystery. Stacy Brown discovers an "ark" and goes out for a sail. The fat boy mysterio...

The Overland Riders are fired on by the mountain ruffians. Imprisoned by dynamite in the robbers' cave. A battle that came to a sudden end. Sheriff Ford to the rescue. Mother Jo...

Kitty gives her masters a perilous job. Stacy offers to get a derrick. A scene to be remembered. Getting up in the world. Tom Gray makes up the Overlanders' beds with a pick. St...

The guide informs the Overlanders that a woman has been spying on the camp. Stacy feels like a snowbird. Prowlers leave a trail. Lieutenant Wingate meets with an unpleasant surp...

The traveling salesman entertains his fellow passengers with tales of wrecks and hold-ups. Chunky makes the passengers laugh. Emma Dean has an attack of "nerves." Sheriff Ford i...

Woo Smith joins the Overland outfit. Stacy declares that his pony can climb a tree. "I want food!" is the fat boy's plaint. The Overlanders are introduced to a "kyack." Packs ar...

The Chinaman sights a "buck in lelet." Hippy misses a "sure shot." "Why don't you use a pea-shooter?" jeers Stacy. A rifle that had been tampered with. "I--I just wanted to get...

A surprise in the High Sierras. Overland Riders entertained at a mountain ranch. Stacy tries to shoe a horse. The white mare gets into action. Warned against the High Country. "...

The mystery of the "pink snows" is finally solved by Tom. A snowball battle above the clouds. On the peak of the High Sierras. The Overland Riders go to sleep in a snowbank. "Gi...

Chunky laughs at his companions' distress. Lieutenant Wingate invites his nephew out for a "paddle." Stacy makes an important discovery. Plunder found in the bandits' cave. The...

"All aboard for the High Sierras!" The Chinaman proves to be a rare find. "You leave it to Smith," advises Hippy. Stories of rattlesnakes in campers' blankets set the Overland g...

Hippy Wingate gives his companions a delightful surprise. The Overlanders withdraw their threat to throw him off the mountain. A mysterious lake is discovered. Emma Dean scores...

Overlanders plan for their summer's vacation in the saddle. Emma Dean "dotes on mysteries." Hippy Wingate gets a hard blow. Stacy amazes his new friends by his dramatic entrance...

An ominous silence settles over the transcontinental express. The sheriff calls for volunteers to drive off the train bandits. Overland girls offer their services. The treasure...

"Dynamite!" exclaims Sheriff Ford. Defenders give battle. Stacy Brown shoots and talks. Hippy goes on a desperate mission. Bandit guards are outwitted. Lieutenant Wingate caught...

Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back. A cruel blow. A pin-prick saves the day. The escape of the Overland captive. "Cease firing! It's Hippy!" The t...

"Look! Oh, look," cries Emma Dean. Lieutenant Wingate shoots a cinnamon bear. "Uncle Hippy never misses what he hits." Stopped by a rattler. Tom Gray lost in the great forest. W...

The Overland Riders enjoy a venison dinner. Elfreda Briggs is reminded of Coney Island. Crossing a perilous mountain ridge. Emma Dean is afraid and doesn't care who knows it. Th...

The fat boy stampedes the outlaws' horses. "Oh, wow! I've lost my biscuit." A pony that knew the way. "I suppose I emptied twelve saddles," boasts Stacy. Shots arouse the sherif...

The Overland camp in an uproar. "Snakes! Oh, wow!" howls the fat boy. "Me savvy somebody pull queue," wails Woo Smith. The dark mystery is finally solved. Stacy Brown proves to...

Woo loses a "piecee kettle" over the brink. The campfire disappears in the clouds. Camping in the valley of the blue lupines. A trail that was difficult to find. Elfreda becomes...

Hippy uses a pea-shooter with disastrous results. The fat boy awakens in a wild rose bush. Suspicion becomes a certainty. Overlanders make a perilous descent. "The ponies are st...

Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire. Stacy "creeps" to safety. "Get up and walk, you tenderfoot!" The Aerial Lake lives up to its reputation. Woo Smith savvies t...

Sheriff Ford starts a search for Lieutenant Wingate. A clue at last. "Captured by the bandits!" exclaims Tom Gray. Chunky helps himself to a plum pudding. "Suffering cats! You'r...