[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.