Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: "You Ruffian!"--Frontispiece.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright MCMXXI By THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS PAGE 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 down the law to her charges. Tom Gray admits that he is at fault. Emma announces that some of her ancestors were birds. Hippy advises the guide to eat angel food. A wild beast in the cabin of the forest woman. CHAPTER V--OVERLANDERS GET A JOLT................................ 53 "A bear! A bear under the table!" Grace Harlowe's companions thrown into panic. Nora puts her foot in a platter of venison. The guide explains that Henry, the bear, is a "watch dog." Hippy and the bear meet in hand-to-hand conflict. CHAPTER VI--CAMPING UNDER THE GIANT PINES........................ 63 "Sick 'im, Hindenburg!" gasps Hippy. The bull pup saves his master, and Henry gets a beating. Tom shows how to read the forest "blazes." The Overland Riders pitch their first camp in the great forest. Emma gets a message from the air. The lull before the storm. CHAPTER VII--FELLED BY A MYSTERIOUS BLOW......................... 74