"As I have remarked before, you should have a man for a guide, a man who knows these mountains and who is able to protect and look out for you girls in the event of your getting into trouble." "But, Tom dear, don't you think the Overland girls by this time should be quite able to look out for themselves ?" begged Grace.
"Ordinarily, yes.

You are, however, going into territory that is rather wild, going among people that do not value human life or liberty according to our standards.

My friend, Colonel Spotsworth, of Louisville, strongly advised against you folks crossing the eastern end of the range, which would take you through mountains where moonshiners and feudists hold forth.

I agree with him." "We have Hippy," suggested Elfreda.

"In an emergency he is worth half a dozen of the ordinary kind." "Yes, but Hippy is not a woodsman.