the schoolroom. A mysterious shot cripples the
"constable." Knocked out by a blow. Washington has a
bad fright.

CHAPTER XIX--A CALL FOR HELP 189

Emma "con-centrates" on Hippy and "saves his life."
The Overland camp found destroyed. "Dey done got de
mule!" wailed the colored boy. Julie's warning is
recalled. Grace and Elfreda summoned to the Thompson
home to care for sick children.

CHAPTER XX--HIPPY AS A ROUGHRIDER 199

Lieutenant Wingate goes for a doctor. The Overland
girls sleep in a barn. Julie refuses to tell tales. The
doctor arrives alone. "We were attacked from ambush!"
Jed Thompson orders the Overland nurses from his cabin.

CHAPTER XXI--AN APOLOGY AND A THREAT 209

"The lieutenant is down there yet and may be dead!"
The doctor reads Jed Thompson a severe lecture.
Thompson goes to Hippy's rescue. Hippy accused of
being Jim Townsend. "If he looks like me, he's a
lucky man."

CHAPTER XXII--JULIE BRINGS DISTURBING NEWS 216

Lieutenant Wingate informs Jed that the Spurgeons are
coming to "shoot him up." On the trail again. Julie
overtakes the Overland Riders, bearing a warning. "Bat
Spurgeon an' his gang is waitin' fer you-uns on the
White River Ridge," she tells them.

CHAPTER XXIII--THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS 228

Grace learns that Tom Gray is in the feudist country.
Tom's tent found, but he is missing. Nora's missile
hits the wrong man. The Overland Riders seek refuge
in a cave. Fresh disasters befall them. Fighting out
a mountain feud.

CHAPTER XXIV--TRAIL'S END 245

The Mystery Man found a captive in a cave. He "fits"
Grace Harlowe with "magic glasses." Through her new
specs she sees Tom Gray. Jeremiah Long says his
farewell. What Tom found on Hippy's claim.

GRACE HARLOWE'S OVERLAND
RIDERS AMONG THE
KENTUCKY MOUNTAINEERS

CHAPTER I

EXCITEMENT IN THE FOOTHILLS

The foothills of the Kentucky Mountains echoed to the strains of a
rollicking college song, as Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders rode into a
laurel-bordered clearing and dismounted to make their first camp of
this, their third summer's outing in t