[Chapter III—An Invitation to Move]
“Sit tight!” orders Hippy. A caller who threatened trouble. Sam Conifer passes the lie. “I reckon I’d kill ye whar ye stand!” Hands flash to weapons. The stranger is ordered out of camp. When brains were mixed.
[Chapter IV—At the “Circle O” Ranch]
Camp made in the foothills of the Cosos. “The Old Man wants ter know what ye are doin’ heah!” The Overlanders are again ordered to get out. Emma explains the “imponderable something.” The dance in the bunk-house. A bullet parts Sam Conifer’s whiskers.
[Chapter V—Overlanders Suffer a Loss]
“Shoot, Sam! Shoot, I tell you!” A mysterious shot is fired. Jim finds a trail. A “lovely party” spoiled. The Overland Riders find their ponies missing. Distress at the Circle O. Jim-Sam blame each other.
[Chapter VI—Rustlers Are Hard Pressed]
A question of mules. Emma Dean looks for dreams. Sam exchanges shots with a prowler. Stacy Brown believes in safety first. Ranchers engage the rustlers in a lively battle. Lieutenant Wingate wages an unequal fight and loses.
[Chapter VII—A Fight to a Finish]
“Give ’em the rifles!” yells Two-gun Pete. The end of the battle. An Overlander is found seriously wounded. Tom bears bad news to his companions. Elfreda gives first aid. Cowpunchers look on in open-mouthed wonder.