mysterious
shot wings the mountaineer.

CHAPTER IV--FOOTPRINTS IN THE MOSS 42

The Mystery Man slips away unobserved. The Overlanders
led to wonder. Tom Gray utters a warning.
Washington gets another scare. The prowler leaves a
trail. Revolver shots stir the Overland Riders to
action. "That's Grace's weapon!" cries Lieutenant
Wingate.

CHAPTER V--THE WAY IS BARRED 52

"Halt! Who comes?" Grace Harlowe slightly
wounded. Hippy, in search of her, loses himself.
Grace tells of her duel in the bush. The Overlanders
are sternly halted and ordered to go back. A shot and
a command. Hippy's hat is shot off.

CHAPTER VI--HIPPY MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS 61

Overlanders throw up their hands. Nora tweaks a
mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears. Tables turned
on a mountain ruffian. A night prowler frightened
away by a shot. "Hurry, Grace! Hippy has gone!"
cries Elfreda Briggs in a thrilling voice.

CHAPTER VII--A VOICE FROM THE SHADOWS 74

The search for Hippy Wingate is begun. Significant
trail-signs are discovered. Grace Harlowe makes a find.
"Hippy's hat!" gasps Miss Briggs. A mysterious
message is tossed into the Overland camp at night.
The girls are encouraged by a comforting word.

CHAPTER VIII--A FRIEND IN NEED 87

Hippy, awakening, finds himself a captive. A grilling
ride on horseback. Captors question and threaten their
prisoner. Sight of food makes Hippy sad. "Don't make a
sound, Lieutenant," warns a friendly voice. "There's a
price on your head!"

CHAPTER IX--THE POWER OF MIND 99

"I didn't con-centrate for nothing," declares Emma
Dean. Grace finds and loses the trail. Elfreda fires
at a noise. "Cut the gun!" howls Hippy Wingate. "The
mountaineers are after us!" Lieutenant Wingate's
rescuer advises the party to move at once.

CHAPTER X--"THEY'VE GOT THE BOY!" 107

"Two skips an' er jump" to their destination.
Washington's howls arouse the Overland camp. The
colored boy suddenly disappears. The night vigil of
the Overland Riders is broken by a shock.