Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders at Circle O Ranch

Stacy’s dream is interpreted. Jim-Sam proves to be a problem. A guide that could howl like a coyote. “Mules, like some fellers, is contrary critters.” Sam’s whiskers are expressive. A peace that was rudely broken.

Chapter II—On the Road to Trouble

The Overlanders prepare for defense. Stacy’s weapon a tent stake. Emma Dean in the toils. The shot that stopped the roper. “Let ’em have it!” yells the guide. All because of the fat boy’s dream. The alarm.

Chapter III—An Invitation to Move

“Sit tight!” orders Hippy. A caller who threatened trouble. Sam Conifer passes the lie. “I reckon I’d kill ye whar ye stand!” Hands flash to weapons. The stranger is ordered out of camp. When brains were mixed.

Chapter IV—At the “Circle O” Ranch

Camp made in the foothills of the Cosos. “The Old Man wants ter know what ye are doin’ heah!” The Overlanders are again ordered to get out. Emma explains the “imponderable something.” The dance in the bunk-house. A bullet parts Sam Conifer’s whiskers.

Chapter V—Overlanders Suffer a Loss

“Shoot, Sam! Shoot, I tell you!” A mysterious shot is fired. Jim finds a trail. A “lovely party” spoiled. The Overland Riders find their ponies missing. Distress at the Circle O. Jim-Sam blame each other.

Chapter VI—Rustlers Are Hard Pressed

A question of mules. Emma Dean looks for dreams. Sam exchanges shots with a prowler. Stacy Brown believes in safety first. Ranchers engage the rustlers in a lively battle. Lieutenant Wingate wages an unequal fight and loses.

Chapter VII—A Fight to a Finish

“Give ’em the rifles!” yells Two-gun Pete. The end of the battle. An Overlander is found seriously wounded. Tom bears bad news to his companions. Elfreda gives first aid. Cowpunchers look on in open-mouthed wonder.

Chapter VIII—The “Dude” Makes Good

Hippy is complimented by Two-gun Pete. “What’s a hoss when it comes to a scrap?” What Hippy Wingate dreamed. Grace Harlowe’s pony is recovered. Ranchers help the Overlanders to move. Judy Hornby makes an exciting entrance.

Chapter IX—Judy Speaks Out

The mountain girl wants to know what love is. Judy tries poulticing for a sick heart. “If I could talk like that I’d be a real lady.” Overland girls give helpful advice. A word that drove a mustang to desperation.

Chapter X—The Round-up

“Pap sure was a scream,” declares Judy. The Overland Riders witness a thrilling round-up. Stacy Brown gets into new difficulties. J. Elfreda is accused of frightening a wild steer to death. Bad news from up the valley.

Chapter XI—Hippy Defends the Ranch

Lieutenant Wingate’s suspicions aroused. Two ruffians are neatly trapped. The ranch-house under rifle fire. A ruse that succeeded. “I’ve got to take a chance.” Rifle bullets rip through the old house. Disaster again overtakes the Overland Rider.

Chapter XII—At the Last Moment

An alarm scatters the mountain ruffians. “Hit the trail! Hit it hard!” Cowpunchers find the ranch-house on fire. A dramatic scene in Joe Bindloss’s home. Captives give sullen replies. “The herd’s stampeded an’ Pop’s been shot!” cries Idaho Jones.

Chapter XIII—An Overlander Is Missing

Hippy at last regains consciousness. Lieutenant Wingate relates the story of the attack on the ranch-house. Cowboys howl when they hear the news. Stacy Brown mysteriously disappears. “The prisoners have got away!”

Chapter XIV—The Lost Trail

Malcolm Hornby refuses Joe Bindloss’s request. “Pap’s got an awful grouch today.” Jim fails to follow Chunky’s trail. The search is given up for the night. Judy acts strangely. “Something has happened to Jim!” Sam Conifer meets disaster.

Chapter XV—Clews That Were Loaded

The old guide finds the trail and a bullet finds him. Stacy and Jim are among the missing. Two-gun Pete makes a strange discovery. The mystery of the carrier pigeons. Birds for a pie. “Wal, I’ll be shot!” exclaims Joe Bindloss.

Chapter XVI—The Carrier Pigeons’ Flight

Chunky writes a letter for the Rustlers. “This suspense is killing me!” cries Emma. High ransom is demanded for the fat boy. How to follow the trail of a bird. The “dove of peace” is liberated. “I’ve got it!” shouts Sam Conifer.

Chapter XVII—Stacy Decides to Leave

How the Overland boy was captured. Mountain ruffians make desperate plans. Money that came down from the skies. “Put up yer hands, young feller!” The fat boy in the toils. Stacy Brown finds himself under arrest as a horse thief.

Chapter XVIII—Trouble at Red Gulch

Carrier pigeons point the way. The guide smells smoke. Sam Conifer stalks the rustlers to their lair. “Brown’ll be a dead dude by mornin’!” A thunderbolt is hurled at the mountain ruffians. Plotters get a rude surprise.

Chapter XIX—A Duel in the Dark

The magician’s wand. “Yer too yellow to draw!” Sam reveals his identity to Mexican Charley. Six to one. The outlaw takes a chance and loses. When the light was shot out. “That’s what I calls a low-down trick!”

Chapter XX—Stacy Wields a Club

The fat boy’s story is not believed. “All hoss thieves is liars!” A barn his prison cell. “Heah’s yer chuck. I hope it chokes ye!” Ordered to leave for prison. Chunky turns the tables on his jailer and compliments himself.

Chapter XXI—Judy Brings Tidings

A mysterious shot. Pete gets a bullet hole through his hat. No trace of the missing Jim. Judy takes her time in telling bad news. “Sam’s been killed and Tom and Hippy wounded!” announces the mountain girl.

Chapter XXII— Riders of the Night

Overland girls go in search of the missing ones. Judy Hornby leads the way. The mountain cabin found to be empty. Bindloss reads the trail. Startled by the sound of shots. The worst is feared. “Fire! They’ve set the grass on fire!”

Chapter XXIII—Racing with Death

Ponies become frantic with fear. Overland Riders feel the thrill of the moment. “Faster!” cries the mountain girl. Rifle shots sound nearer. A scene that startled the Riders. The duel. A bandit meets his reward.

Chapter XXIV—Farewell to the Cosos

Judy Hornby finds a new “Pap.” Stacy Brown still stalked by trouble. “This feller is a hoss thief!” When Judy’s dreams came true.

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GRACE HARLOWE’S OVERLAND RIDERS AT CIRCLE O RANCH

E-text prepared by Roger Frank
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
(http://www.pgdp.net)
from page images generously made available by
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