[CHAPTER XIX—WHAT TAD FOUND ON THE TRAIL]
Venison steak and boiled bayou water. Bill Lilly is excited over Butler's discovery. "The cold-blooded scoundrel!" The guide hits the trail with blood in his eye.
[CHAPTER XX—MAN-SIGNS IN THE CANEBRAKE]
"He'll get a dose of lead if he doesn't watch out!" Tad finds a fresh trail. Lilly turns up a snaketrap. A moccasin in a bucket. Death traps laid by a bad man.
[CHAPTER XXI—SURPRISES COME FAST]
Alligator Pete gets the drop on the guide. Bill Lilly in a tight place. "Look out, this gun might go off!" The tables quickly turned.
[CHAPTER XXII—OUTWITTED BY A BOY]
Tad Butler ropes the enemy. "I'll kill you for that!" Pete stands on his head. A sign of surrender. The prisoner of the Pony Rider Boys. Butler takes a long chance.
[CHAPTER XXIII—ICHABOD GETS A BIG SURPRISE]
"De 'gator done gwine away, sah." Hounds and Pony Riders take the trail for bear. "They've got her!" A strange sight. A bullet that went home. Tad charged by a ferocious she-bear.
[CHAPTER XXIV—CONCLUSION]
In a dire predicament. Butler fights Mrs. Bruin. A hand and paw conflict. Tad's knife driven home. Laid up for repairs. Smugglers caught and punished. The triumph of pluck.
[CHAPTER I]
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY
"Professor Zepplin, I believe?"
"The same. And you are?"