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 important mission. CHAPTER XIX--THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL......................... 193 "Bears is better than husbands," declares Joe Shafto. Hippy announces that he has bought a big timber tract. "Don't ask me a question until my stomach begins to function." Willy Horse brings a warning of spies near the camp. CHAPTER XX--PEACE OR WAR?....................................... 204 Chet Ainsworth arrives at the point of a rifle. The peace of the Overland camp violently disturbed. Hippy admits that he is crazy. Henry gives uninvited guests a scare. "They do get that way sometimes." Overlanders gaze in amazement. CHAPTER XXI--A WISE OLD OWL..................................... 210 Joe sicks the bear on the guests. The forest woman in a rage. "Stop him! He'll kill the man!" Willy Horse sees things in the campfire. Emma finds a message for Hippy in the hoot of the old owl. CHAPTER XXII--WHEN THE DAM WENT OUT............................. 217 A surprise party for the lumberjacks on Hippy's claim. The dance is interrupted by the Indian's message. "Dam up river go out! Water come down!" announces Willy Horse unemotionally. The jacks take alarm. CHAPTER XXIII--THE RIOT OF THE LOGS............................. 227 A desperate struggle. "I'm slipping!" gasps Hippy. "Too late!" Tom and Hippy are hurled into the river. Dynamite used on the pirates' dam. A hand-to-hand knife battle on the spiles. Grace stays the Indian's hand. CHAPTER XXIV--CHRISTMAS IN THE BIG WOODS........................ 238 A capture and a confession. Peg Tatem in the toils. Timber pirates get prison terms. The lumberjacks' big Christmas. "Sit down, you rough-necks!" roars Hippy. Spike bares his soul. What the snow-bird said. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GRACE HARLOWE'S OVERLAND RIDERS IN THE GREAT NORTH WOODS CHAPTER I