CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
 
I In the Mountains 1
 
II Something About the Past 12
 
III A Surprise of the Road 22
 
IV What Phil’s Letter Told 34
 
V Nick Jasniff’s Visit 45
 
VI News from Home 58
 
VII The Fight on the Trail 68
 
VIII What Was Missing 77
 
IX Dave at Orella 88
 
X What the Girls Had to Tell 98
 
XI The Oak Hall Chums 109
 
XII On the Mountain Top 120
 
XIII To the Rescue of Shadow 130
 
XIV Something About Bears 142
 
XV The Trail to Nowhere 152
 
XVI Waiting for Letters 162
 
XVII Bad News 172
 
XVIII On the Way East 183
 
XIX The Demand for Money 192
 
XX Beginning the Great Search 202
 
XXI Stuck on the Road 212
 
XXII The First Clue 221
 
XXIII What the Little Girls Knew 230
 
XXIV Another Clue 238
 
XXV What Horsehair Had to Tell 247
 
XXVI The Mountain Road 257
 
XXVII To the Rescue 267
 
XXVIII Prisoners 277
 
XXIX Trying to Escape 286
 
XXX The Round-Up—Conclusion 296
DAVE PORTER’S GREAT SEARCH