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Contents
[CHAPTER I—SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY]
A study in black and white. "I'm the Duke of Missouri." Waxed floors too much for the fat boy. "I sometimes fall off a house to give me an appetite."
[CHAPTER II—BOUND FOR THE CANE JUNGLE]
Picking out their new ponies. Favors for the brave. Girl friends see the Pony Rider Boys in daring horsemanship. Tad ropes a pickaninny. The colored population treated to an unusual exhibition.
[CHAPTER III—IN CAMP ON TENSAS BAYOU]
Living with the snakes in the canebrake. Barred owls make the night hideous. Stacy's slumbers greatly disturbed. Little rest for the Pony Rider Boys. Stacy lays the foundation for trouble.
[CHAPTER IV—NATURE BLOWS OUT A FUSE]
The camp aroused by an explosion. Tents found ablaze. "The campfire has blown up!" Ichabod denies responsibility. Chunky admits his guilt. "Gentlemen, I shot a pig."
[CHAPTER V—MAROONED IN A SWAMP]
The cook finds Tad's feet out of doors. Strange sights in the jungle. On an island made over night. Snake and bird battle on high. Pony Riders are castaway for three days. A forest of perils.
[CHAPTER VI—TAKING DESPERATE CHANCES]
Dogs and birds welcome the sunlight. Tad blazes a trail on the cypress knees. "Have all you boys got scents like deerhounds?" Tad Butler amazes Bill Lilly, the guide.
[CHAPTER VII—A SWIM IN TENSAS LAKE]
Chunky goes in with the alligators. Tad's bullet speeds true. A narrow escape. Stacy up a tree. Ned Rector knows a way to get the fat boy down. Lively times in camp. The Professor takes a hand.
[CHAPTER VIII—WOODMAN, SPARE THIS TREE]
"No one can stay mad at me for very long." Chunky comes down in a heap. How they wound the hunter's horn. Stacy Brown is left behind and forgotten.