The Boy Scouts' Mountain Camp

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Boy Scouts' Mountain Camp, by John Henry Goldfrap, Illustrated by R. M. Brinkerhoff
BY LIEUT. HOWARD PAYSON
AUTHOR OF “THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE EAGLE PATROL,” “THE BOY SCOUTS ON THE RANGE,” “THE BOY SCOUTS AND THE ARMY AIRSHIP,” ETC.
WITH FOUR ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY R. M. BRINKERHOFF
NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1912, BY HURST & COMPANY
“Hullo, Rob; what’s up?”
Merritt Crawford stopped on his way past the Hampton post-office, and hailed Rob Blake, the leader of the Eagle Patrol, of which Merritt was corporal. Both lads wore the natty scout uniform.
“Not a thing is up or down, either,” rejoined Rob, with a laugh; “it looks as if things had stopped happening in Hampton ever since that schooner was blown up.”
“And Jack Curtiss’s hopes of a fortune with it,” added Merritt. “Well, I’m off home. Going that way?”
“Yes, I’ll be with you in a—— Hullo, what’s happening?”
From farther up the street, at one end of which lay the glistening sheet of water known as Hampton Inlet, there came excited shouts. Then, suddenly, into the field of vision there swept, with astonishing rapidity, a startling sight.