The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire; or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol

Author of The Boy Scouts In the Blue Ridge, The Boy Scouts On the Trail, The Boy Scouts In the Maine Woods, The Boy Scouts Through the Big Timber, The Boy Scouts In the Rockies.

Copyright 1913 By A. L. Burt Company

THE BOY SCOUTS' FIRST CAMP FIRE.
Tara—tara!
Loud and clear sounded the notes of a bugle, blown by a very stout lad, clad in a new suit of khaki; and who was one of a bunch of Boy Scouts tramping wearily along a dusty road.
Good for you, Bumpus! Can't he just make that horn talk, though? cried one.
Sounds as sweet as the church bell at home, fellows! declared a second.
Say, Mr. Scout-Master, does that mean a halt for grub? a third called out.
Sure, Giraffe. Brace up old fellow. You'll have your jaws working right soon, now. And here's a dandy little spring, right among the trees! How shady and cool it looks, Thad.