[Chapter XVIII—Trouble at Red Gulch]
Carrier pigeons point the way. The guide smells smoke. Sam Conifer stalks the rustlers to their lair. “Brown’ll be a dead dude by mornin’!” A thunderbolt is hurled at the mountain ruffians. Plotters get a rude surprise.
[Chapter XIX—A Duel in the Dark]
The magician’s wand. “Yer too yellow to draw!” Sam reveals his identity to Mexican Charley. Six to one. The outlaw takes a chance and loses. When the light was shot out. “That’s what I calls a low-down trick!”
[Chapter XX—Stacy Wields a Club]
The fat boy’s story is not believed. “All hoss thieves is liars!” A barn his prison cell. “Heah’s yer chuck. I hope it chokes ye!” Ordered to leave for prison. Chunky turns the tables on his jailer and compliments himself.
[Chapter XXI—Judy Brings Tidings]
A mysterious shot. Pete gets a bullet hole through his hat. No trace of the missing Jim. Judy takes her time in telling bad news. “Sam’s been killed and Tom and Hippy wounded!” announces the mountain girl.
[Chapter XXII— Riders of the Night]
Overland girls go in search of the missing ones. Judy Hornby leads the way. The mountain cabin found to be empty. Bindloss reads the trail. Startled by the sound of shots. The worst is feared. “Fire! They’ve set the grass on fire!”