THE WAY IS BARRED The Overland Riders were calm.

The thrilling experiences through which they had passed, while engaged in war work in France, had taught them to be so.
"Do--do you think--she is hurt ?" stammered Emma.
"We sincerely hope not," answered Anne.

"Judging from the reports, it was Grace who fired the last shot we heard," said Elfreda Briggs.
"Still, that does not prove anything.

I would suggest that we arm ourselves at once and prepare for trouble.

There appears to be plenty of it abroad in these mountains." Acting on her suggestion, the four girls hurried to their tents and armed themselves with rifles, then, taking positions around the outer edge of the camp, just within the bushes, they watched and waited, observed by Washington Washington with wide, frightened eyes.
It was Elfreda who made the first discovery.