es trouble-hunting. Settlement is
demanded of the Overlanders for the burned trees. "Skip! Get out!"
orders Lieutenant Wingate. Peg starts a row.

CHAPTER XII--A SHOT FROM THE FOREST............................. 121

Tom Gray attacked by the lumberman. The jacks take a hand. Hippy
uses a firebrand as a weapon. Overlanders badly punished. Shots
from the forest shatter Peg's wooden leg. Henry paws his way into
the fight. The Overlanders meet a fresh mystery.

CHAPTER XIII--A BLAZED WARNING.................................. 132

Grace Harlowe's party seeks a change of scene. The bent arrow
points to danger. The end of a long night's journey through the
forest. The mournful wail of a timber wolf carries a meaning to
Emma Dean. "Put out that fire!" commands the forest ranger.

CHAPTER XIV--THEIR DAY AT HOME.................................. 143

The caller at the Overland camp grows threatening. Henry sounds a
warning growl. Ordered to leave the forest. Emma tells the ranger
how to get rid of wolves. "I reckon you haven't heard the last of
Peg Tatem."

CHAPTER XV--THE WAY OF THE BIG WOODS............................ 150

Newcomers arouse the apprehensions of the Overland Riders. "Put up
yer hands!" comes the stern command. Deputy sheriffs inform the
Overlanders that they are under arrest. Joe Shafto fires a warning
shot at their annoying callers.

CHAPTER XVI--WILLY HORSE SHOWS THE WAY.......................... 157

Elfreda out-argues the officers of the law. Visitors politely
requested to remove themselves. Threats of revenge. Camp is made on
the banks of the Little Big Branch. Willy shows the way to the
Overlanders' permanent camp.

CHAPTER XVII--IN THE INDIAN TEPEE............................... 173

Willy Horse arrives in a bark canoe. An Indian home is built for
the Overland girls. Grace paddles the birch canoe and gets a
ducking. Henry investigates the tepee and his nose suffers. A loud
halloo arouses the girls from their beauty sleep.

CHAPTER XVIII--THE TRAIL OF THE PIRATES......................... 182

The bull pup keeps bankers' hours. Tom and Hippy seek
evidence of timber-thieves and make discoveries. Hippy
evolves a great idea. Willy tells Lieutenant Wingate about
Chief Iron Toe. Hippy and the Indian go away on an imp