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Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert
Jessie Graham Flower


CHAPTER I. WHEN THE COWBOYS LAUGHED
CHAPTER II. AN "OUTLAW" MEETS HIS MATCH
CHAPTER III. A THRILLING MOMENT
CHAPTER IV. PING WING MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER V. STALKING A MOUNTAIN MYSTERY
CHAPTER VI. INTO THE GRBAT SILENCE
CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST DESERT CAMP
CHAPTER VIII. CALLERS DROP IN
CHAPTER IX. PIRATES GET A HOT RECEPTION
CHAPTER X. WHEN THE BLOW FELL
CHAPTER XI. FACING A NEW PERIL
CHAPTER XII. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XIII. A STARTLING ALARM
CHAPTER XIV. THE MYSTERIOUS HORSEMAN
CHAPTER XV. THE GUIDE READS A DESERT TRAIL
CHAPTER XVI. THE CROSS ON THE DESERT
CHAPTER XVII. ANOTHER MYSTERY TO SOLVE
CHAPTER XVIII. AN OLD INDIAN TRICK
CHAPTER XIX. THE WARNING
CHAPTER XX. CONCLUSION


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CHAPTER I. WHEN THE COWBOYS LAUGHED
"Grace Harlowe, do you realize what an indulgent husband you have?" demanded
Elfreda Briggs severely.
"Why, of course I do," replied Grace, giving her companion a quick glance of
inquiry. "Why this sudden realization of the fact on your part!"
"I was thinking of the really desperate journey we are about to undertake—the
journey across the desert that lies just beyond the Cactus Range you can see
over yonder," answered Miss Briggs, as she gazed out through the open window of
their hotel at Elk Run, to the distant landscape to which she had referred.
"What I am curious about is how Tom ever came to consent to your attempting such
an adventure."
"I presume he really would have made serious objection had it not been for the
fact that he had signed up for that forestry contract in Oregon. Tom knew that I
would have a lonely summer at home, and, I believe, deep down in his heart, felt
that were he to deny me the pleasure of this trip, I might break my neck driving
my car. You see, since I drove an ambulance in France I do not exactly creep
along the roads with my spirited little roadster."
"He did not object to the trip then?"
"Well, he did threaten to balk when I told him that we Overlanders had planned
to ride horseback across the Great American Desert, starting from Elk Run,
Nevada. However, he listened to reason. Tom is such a dear," reflected Grace.
"Yes, reason in the form of Grace Harlowe Gray," nodded Elfreda understandingly.
"Should I ever have the misfortune to possess a husband I hope he may be as