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Title: Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods

Author: Jessie Graham Flower

Release Date: January 11, 2007 [EBook #20341]

Language: English

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GRACE HARLOWE'S OVERLAND RIDERS
IN THE GREAT NORTH WOODS

by

Jessie Graham Flower, A. M.

Illustrated

THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Akron, Ohio--New York
Made in U. S. A.

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Copyright MCMXXI By THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY

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CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I--ON THE BIG WOODS TRAIL................................ 11

The Overlanders, arriving at their destination, are told that their
guide is busy doing the family washing. Hippy and Hindenburg, the
bull pup, make a hit. Emma Dean wishes she had stayed at home. The
"untamed" bronco entertains the villagers.

CHAPTER II--THE VOICE OF NATURE.................................. 18

"Why don't yer feed the critter some soothin' syrup?" jeers a
villager. Emma reads the message of the hermit thrush. On the way
to the "Big Woods." Trouble is threatened at Bisbee's Corners. The
Overlanders attacked by roistering lumberjacks.

CHAPTER III--THE CHARGE OF THE JACKS............................. 31

"Out of this, lively!" shouts Tom Gray. The fight in the village
street. Hippy and Tom rescue an unfortunate Indian from the jacks.
Willy Horse follows and overtakes his rescuers. "You Big
Friend--Big Medicine!" The new guide creates a sensation.

CHAPTER IV--A HUMAN TALKING MACHINE.............................. 42

Joe Shafto lays