In the camp of the Black Rider

The noon whistles blew in the little inland town of Ridgefield and the sound, flung from many a hoarse factory siren, reached the ears of the few men who worked at piling lumber...

Mr. Calvert smiled. “It is said to be, at any rate. There are all sorts of foolish stories connected with the place, and I have no doubt that people residing in the surrounding...

The sight of a lantern high up in the mountains captured Ted’s imagination as well as his attention. The region seemed to be a particularly lonely one and he wondered who the la...

A flash of the lantern showed the slope of the roof and a broken tin gutter. Plainly the intention of the man was to mount this roof and the watching boy wondered how he was goi...

One morning later in that same week the two chums arose early and gathered up their camping outfits. Ted said goodbye to his folks, swung his pack on his back and sallied forth...

An event for which the boys had long been waiting now came, after some confusion, to pass. Several requests had been made for something to eat but Ted turned a deaf ear to it un...

The faint shaft of light vanished as Ted made his way along the line of the silent tents and for a moment he almost doubted that he had seen it. His total glimpses had consisted...

The silence lasted for what seemed to be a long moment and then Buck and Ted sprang to their feet. A dozen tongues were unloosed and an exciting chorus went up, in which uneasin...

“Because the person who hung it here forgot to notice that there is a name on the lower left rib,” replied Ted, pointing. “There is some white chalk over it, but if you look clo...

For a few days after Ted’s talk there was no further trouble of any kind in the camp. Neither was there any further annoyance upon the part of the person or persons who had kept...

For the moment it was in a cleared space and they could follow it. In another moment it had passed from sight and only a fleeting glimpse was to be seen as it flashed from betwe...

Added to the rush of wind and water there was the bewildering addition of thunder and lightning. The thunder kept up the rolling roar as the sound bounded from mountain slope to...

The one lantern carried by Ted threw but a poor light over the scene of the camp but it was enough for the arriving boys to see that all of the tents were down, apparently blown...

The sun seemed to burst forth from the sky, flooding over the camp as it did so, and never before had the great ball of fire seemed so comforting and cheerful. The fires were go...

The silence that succeeded the vision of the Black Rider on the rock was a vast and throbbing one, and the senses of the boys reeled slightly under the shock. Ted still stood in...

For a moment after Ted made his announcement there was a complete silence as the boys looked from one to the other of them. Plum just stared at Ted, who looked him levelly in th...

Ted refused at the time to reveal the details of his plan for trapping the person who was annoying them in their camp, but he promised that he would later on. Feeling that a goo...

The boys who had remained in the camp stood watching and listening as the field squad rushed off on the trail of the man who had slipped down into their camp. Small as the boys...

It was with a sinking heart and a quick flash of chilling fear that Buck felt himself in the grasp of the unknown man back of the cemetery monument. The attack had come so quick...

The words which Ted shouted to the boys in the tent struck them dumb for a moment, but to their ears was borne the sound of the snapping and crackling. They rushed out of the te...

Ted nodded as he looked the suit over. It was a coarse white sheet and the dweller in the hut was taking some pains on the construction of it. But there was no doubt as to its p...

There was only the faintest stir as the boys followed Buck’s lead in tossing their blankets aside and joined Ted at the bushes. Following the direction which he had indicated, t...

Buck nodded at once. “It was just beginning to dawn upon me,” he said. “Something about the horse was attracting my attention and for a while I wasn’t able to gather what it was...

The man who stood before them, seeking to open the door leading into the house was indeed the lone dweller from Hogs’ Hollow. He had heard the two approaching boys and had hidde...