Hurry, Hippy!" he urged, as Lieutenant Wingate appeared at the store door. "Overland!" called Grace, which was the rallying hail of the Overland Riders, and by which signal Lieutenant Wingate knew that all was not well with his companions. Hippy jumped from the store porch and strode to his pony. "What is it ?" he questioned sharply, taking Ginger's rein from Nora and vaulting into his saddle to the accompaniment of joyous barks from Hindenburg. "Reckon these wild jacks are getting ready to rush us.
Keep your eyes peeled," warned Tom Gray. "Here they come! Look out!" called Grace. "Let go of my bridle, you ruffian!" they heard Anne Nesbit cry, and as they looked they saw her bring down her riding crop across the face of a lumberjack who had grasped her pony's bridle and was trying to separate the animal from the others of the party..