The Young Scout: The Story of a West Point Lieutenant

Transcriber’s Note: This book was originally printed with two Chapter XVIIs and two Chapter XVIIIs; I chose not to renumber the chapters. A table of contents has been added for the reader’s convenience.
Lieutenant Decker smilingly extended his hand to his astonished friend.
— The Young Scout.
THE YOUNG SCOUT.
The Story of a West Point Lieutenant.
By EDWARD S. ELLIS,
Author of “Adrift in the Wilds,” “A Jaunt Through Java,” “A Young Hero,” etc., etc.
NEW YORK: A. L. BURT, PUBLISHER.
Copyright 1895, by A. L. Burt.

One warm summer afternoon, a half dozen boys on their way home from the Burkville School, stopped to rest under the trees, which afforded a grateful shade at the side of the dusty highway.
No matter how tired such a lot of youngsters may be, they are sure to be brimming over with mischief, and on the alert for boisterous amusement. To picture them seated quiet, thoughtful and well behaved is to picture what was never seen. No such an occurrence is on record or within the memory of the “oldest inhabitant.”