[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.
[CHAPTER I]
THE CAMP IN SMOKY PASS
"Now let the flies, the hornets, the fleas and the doodle bugs come and do their worst," declared Tad Butler, standing off to take a look at the tent he had just finished pitching.