Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Yellowstone National Park

“Bears are after him! Turn out!” The Overlanders rushed out. Stacy was bare-headed, having lost his hat, and even the girls in their fright could not but laugh at the ludicrous...

Stacy was the only member of the Overland party who cared to eat when they reached the lunch station. Some of the girls took tea, but merely sipped it as they watched the fat bo...

“This young woman with an assistant was transporting wounded men from a base hospital to Paris,” said the colonel. “Their train was wrecked and the men were suffering in a cold...

“Remember that stop, Summit Junction,” cried Miss Briggs. “We stayed there so long that I peeked out of the window wondering if it was another hold-up, but there was nothing to...

“Last night I woke up and found them nosin’ about where the ponies was. I didn’t dare shoot for fear of hittin’ one of the horses. I yelled at ’em and they run away. I seen ’em...

In the meantime Tom had devoted some thought to the occurrences that led up to the loss of his clothing, and little by little was getting nearer to the truth than his companions...

“I call it much more acceptable than Chunky’s jokes ordinarily are,” approved Emma. “Even if he did read it in last year’s almanac I think—” “Did you read it in last year’s alma...

An early start was made that morning, and shortly after sun-up the Overlanders dismounted at the base of the terraces, tethered their horses, and, led by the guide, began the up...

“Cinnabar! It sounds like something good to eat,” declared Stacy Brown. “The town doesn’t look as if it could furnish much food worthwhile,” he added, peering from the car windo...

The Overlanders moved with one accord, sliding and stumbling over their trail as they descended, keeping their gaze to the right of them in hope of seeing Stacy. The fat boy, ho...

While Hippy was soothing the horses, the others of the party, with the exception of Stacy Brown, were trying to save their billowing tents. A yell from Stacy sent them hurrying...

“Don’t interrupt, young man. We are having a private conversation,” begged Miss Briggs laughingly. However, she and Grace finished their talk in lower tones, and soon after that...

“I will talk with you later, young man,” answered Hippy briefly. “Elfreda, you do know how to handle a witness. Why, you could have gotten Stacy out had he not been questioned.”

In the end they all went except Lieutenant Wingate, who had business letters to write. He wrote steadily for half an hour, then paused in his work to consider some question furt...

“This is a fine mess,” complained Tom Gray. “I suppose we might as well do as Nora has suggested, and see what we can do for him. What do you say, Hippy?”

“Do you know, Jim, there’s something queer about the visit of those bears—I haven’t found a sign of a trail left by them. How do you explain that?” questioned Hippy good-naturedly.

Within an hour the Overlanders were sufficiently dried out to permit them to go to bed with some comfort. Blankets had been warmed before the fire, and, even though the tents an...

“Unless we find our ponies we shall have no need of a guide,” answered Grace. “Ponies are what we are most in need of at this stage of our journey.”

“My dear sir, even if you are the United States Government, we are not going to leave this camp unprotected. If you can’t wait, have your companion remain here and guard it unti...

“I chased three cayuses out of camp and they tried to shoot me up. I seen them fussin’ ’round the tents and I let them have it, though I don’t think I hit any of them,” explaine...

Tom was followed by the entire Overland party, Lieutenant Wingate sprinting along beside him. As they neared the spot where Stacy had last been seen, frightful howls were heard...

Tom and Hippy face the angry bears and play a trick on them. Stacy Brown, in trying to capture a cub, gets into difficulties. Laundry work is done in the geyser basin. The fat b...

“He isn’t very badly off or he couldn’t make a noise like that.” Rescued and laughed at. Emma regrets that the fat boy did not stay in until thoroughly done. An adventurous clim...

Signal whistles in the night. A mysterious prowler runs away. Hippy makes a discovery, the full meaning of which he is to learn later on. Visitors call at the Overland camp. Ban...

The arrival at Cinnabar. “It takes more than a sign to make a hotel.” The guide is missing. Stacy goes to look for Jake Coville and meets with a distressing experience. The stoc...

“Strike your camp!” orders the Park guard. Overland Riders are arraigned before the commanding officer. Chunky admits that he missed the bear he shot at. “Fifty dollars” gasps t...

Emma Dean objects to “killing the fatted calf.” Overlanders hold a family council and appoint Emma as the fat boy’s guardian. Stacy rebells. Chunky comes a cropper. Colonel Scot...

Stacy is fascinated by the baby “spouter.” The fat boy’s actions arouse the Overlanders’ suspicions. “He’s done it! He’s done it” wails Nora. Stacy is enveloped in a cloud of st...

“He’s killed! He’s killed!” A rescue that is accomplished with difficulty. Overland Riders conclude that they have had enough of the mysterious mountain. Jim Badger has news for...

Tents and campfire blow away. A bolt from the clouds stuns the Overland Riders. Lieutenant Wingate is strangely missing. A dizzy slide down the sloping rocks. “I reckon the moun...

Emma Dean declines to kiss a horse. The Overland men go in search of new mounts. Hippy delivers an oration. Stacy avers that someone is always taking the joy out of life. Jim Ba...

The rougher the time the better the Overland Riders like it. Emma decides that there is nothing in the brain-food theory. “All girls are ’fraid cats,” declares Chunky. In a dash...

Suspiciously acting strangers spy on the Overland camp. Stacy suggests that they forget their troubles in food. The guide gives the fat boy a suggestion. Awed by “Old Faithful G...

The “Little Fountain” holds fast to Overland laundry things. Coyotes howl all night in the Geyser Basin. The Overlanders catch trout and cook them in a boiling spring. “I’ve jus...

The mystery of the missing ponies. Overland Riders left without a guide or a horse. Hippy makes the telegraph wires “sing.” A fine display of temper. Lieutenant Wingate, in his...

Overland Riders are awakened by the fat boy’s yells. Grizzly bears invade the camp. Stacy shoots and misses. Park guards descend on the Overland camp in search of the “shooter.”...

Stacy not so full of scenery that he has no room for food. A hired man who wrote “pomes” comes to grief. Elfreda objects to a snoring Overlander. Two storms meet over the Overla...

“There’s no accountin’ for bear,” declares Jim Badger. Grace and Hippy complimented on their keenness. Park guards are put on the trail of the thieves. A stroll among the steami...

Night prowlers take away the fat boy’s “pants” and his money. Jim Badger takes a shot at the robbers. “I want my fifty cents,” wails Chunky. Thieves miss more than they get. Lie...

Overlanders learn that Stacy Brown is in jail. Emma thinks it will prove beneficial to the fat boy. Accused of blowing up the “Infant Geyser.” Elfreda Briggs appoints herself St...

A robbery at the Springs Hotel excites the guests. Hippy and Grace investigate on their own account. Lieutenant Wingate loses the trail. “Even the bears have ears.” Grace foreca...

Electric Peak affects the Overlanders peculiarly. Stacy’s heart “beats all.” Grace admits to feeling “queer.” “There’s something peculiar about this place,” cries Tom Gray. Stac...