The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge; or, A Lucky Find in the Carolina Mountains

CHAPTER I--THE CAMP IN SMOKY PASS All ready for the doodle bugs. Stacy envies the guide's appetite. "We'll be having trouble before morning." Chunky's howl terrifies Billy Veal. The Pony Rider Boys in a critical position.

CHAPTER II--BATTLING WITH A GREAT FLOOD "Chops" has a narrow escape. "You'll drown if I let go." "Do you hear that noise?" The crest of the flood bearing down threatens to engulf the Pony Rider Boys.

CHAPTER III--LOST IN A MOUNTAIN TORRENT Swept away on the roaring waters. All hands shoot the rapids. "Just like alligator bait." A hail that was promptly answered. Chunky tells another story.

CHAPTER IV--WHAT HAPPENS TO CHOPS Canned goods are widely distributed. Billy Veal sleeps amid perils. The fat boy emulates the crow. The guide proves to be a regular song bird. "Bye-o, bye-o, baby; 'possum mighty sly."

CHAPTER V--EXCITEMENT AT HUNT'S CORNERS The "Bad Man from Smoky Creek" arrives in a cloud of dust. "Turn the coyotes loose! Whoope-e-e-e!" The bully of the Blue Ridge gives Chunky's foot a twist. Trouble in the making.

CHAPTER VI--TAD BUTLER IN ACTION An exhibition of cool audacity. The freckle-faced boy resents an insult. Smoky Griffin gets a punch on the jaw. Ned holds off a crowd. "I'll shoot the first man who tries to pass you a gun!" A fight to a finish. Spectators break into cheers.

CHAPTER VII--ON THE WAY TO SMOKY BALD "The crowd always goes with the upper dog." Tad rids a community of a pest. "That's what I call a mean trick." The fat boy in a rage. Stacy pounds across the plain in pursuit of his outfit.

CHAPTER VIII--STALKING THE FAT BOY "I don't ask any odds of a horse." Tad trails the fat boy and makes an exciting discovery. Stacy Brown near death. Tad's lasso wriggles through the air. A frantic bad man in the toils. "That gentle heart was about to smash my head with a stone."

CHAPTER IX--REVENGE ALMOST AT HAND The prisoner aims a rifle at Tad Butler and pulls the trigger. Tad apparently has made a grave mistake. A bad man subdued by his Adam's apple. "He is an ungrateful wretch." The trouble-maker freed and told to get out.

CHAPTER X--BISCUIT AND MYSTERY The bully plots revenge. In the Land of the Sky. Chunky has a nerve-racking dream. Putting a hoodoo on Billy Veal. Chops, frantic with fear, bolts the camp. "There he goes!"

CHAPTER XI--AN INTERRUPTED JOURNEY "Where is that guide?" Billy admits that he saw a gnome. The only Indian on the reservation. A visitor who brought unpleasant news. The Pony Rider Boys are ordered to get off the Ridge.

CHAPTER XII--FACING NEW OBSTACLES Stacy arouses the anger of a supposed officer. Young Butler runs a human trail and makes a discovery. "A precious pair of rascals." Threats that do not cower. The boys agree to go on.

CHAPTER XIII--AN EXHIBITION OF SHEER PLUCK The Professor ready for a fight. Held up by armed men. "In my opinion you're a scoundrel!" Tad shows his nerve. "It's the black cat and we'll all be lame ducks in a minute and a half." The situation of the boys grows serious.

CHAPTER XIV--THE PROFESSOR TAKES A HAND "Make 'em dance!" Bullets fly thick and fast. A mountain ruffian unhorsed. "Get out and don't you dare show your crooked faces here again!" "Gold? Gold? Lead me to it!"

CHAPTER XV--THE GHOST OF THE TULIP GLADE "Do I look as if I had twenty biscuit inside of me?" demands Chunky. Tad rigs up an ingenious burglar alarm. The freckle-faced boy turns practical joker. "I'm shot! I'm shot!" Chunky and Chops see a real ghost.

CHAPTER XVI--A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT PROWLER A prank that was timely. "I'm hobbled for keeps!" "There was a strange man in this camp tonight." Tad finds a prowler's trail. A discovery that amazes the Pony Rider Boys.

CHAPTER XVII--PROSPECTORS IN THE HILLS A man is identified by a horse's footprint. Friendly faces once more. Getting acquainted with new-found friends. Pony Rider Boys amaze the gold prospectors. The enemy is fully identified.

CHAPTER XVIII--THE CAMP SUFFERS A LOSS When the collie dog did not come back. Tad reads the ground signs. "Your dog chased a man away from this camp last night." A new sort of tenderfoot. Something must be done.

CHAPTER XIX--BUTLER MAKES A DISCOVERY Stacy thinks a Pomeranian is a cheese. Tad Butler takes the trail again. "I must say those fellows are bold." Chunky could not have done worse. "It's the collie!" breathed Ned Rector in awe.

CHAPTER XX--A MYSTERIOUS PROCEEDING "The fiends! They threw him over!" Startled by the sound of a gun. The strange actions of Jay Stillman. A narrow escape. "He's gone. Now for his cabin!" cries Tad Butler.

CHAPTER XXI--TRAPPED IN A MOUNTAIN CABIN A shrewd game is suspected. "What can it be?" Pony Rider Boys get a startling surprise. "Too late! To the chimney!" Tad and Ned up a sooty flue. The man who killed the dog. Ned Rector utters mighty sneeze.

CHAPTER XXII--PONY RIDER BOYS IN A STEW Miners are startled by a yell up the chimney. Boys come down with a crash and all ablaze. The supper table makes a flight. A fight for life in the mountain cabin.

CHAPTER XXIII--THE MYSTERY OF SMOKY BALD A discovery worth while. The squeal of the hidden wireless. "Stillman killed your dog." Stacy catches the biscuit thief. Plotters in the mountains. Off for the forest ranger.

CHAPTER XXIV--CONCLUSION Trailing down the conspirators. Herded in a mountain cabin. "Give them a volley, men!" The battle on Smoky Bald. Pluck wins for the Pony Rider Boys. A happy reward.