Tom and Hippy face the angry bears and play a trick on them. Stacy Brown, in trying to capture a cub, gets into difficulties. Laundry work is done in the geyser basin. The fat boy up to mischief. “Somebody help me get my ‘pants’!” wails the fat boy.
[Chapter XIX—Fish Cooked on the Hook]
The “Little Fountain” holds fast to Overland laundry things. Coyotes howl all night in the Geyser Basin. The Overlanders catch trout and cook them in a boiling spring. “I’ve just been making a monkey of you folks,” declares Stacy.
[Chapter XX—Wonders of the Grand Canyon]
The rougher the time the better the Overland Riders like it. Emma decides that there is nothing in the brain-food theory. “All girls are ’fraid cats,” declares Chunky. In a dash down the canyon Emma proves that they are not.
Signal whistles in the night. A mysterious prowler runs away. Hippy makes a discovery, the full meaning of which he is to learn later on. Visitors call at the Overland camp. Bandits arrested upon lieutenant Wingate’s disclosures.