The Balmy Afternoon Passed Rapidly


THE BOY PATROL SERIES

The Boy Patrol On Guard

BY

EDWARD S. ELLIS

Author of “The Flying Boys Series,”

“The Launch Boys Series,”

“The Deerfoot Series,” etc., etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY

EDWIN J. PRITTIE

THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY

PHILADELPHIA


Copyright, 1913, by

The John C. Winston Company

PRINTED IN U. S. A.


Dedication

Without asking permission, and as a partial recognition of the example set by them in their daily lives, walk and conversation, I have taken the liberty of dedicating these volumes to

George Albert (“Bert”) Hall Scout Master of Blazing Arrow Patrol, Troop 2 and his Boy Scouts, Charles A. Chase, Patrol Leader; George Robe, Corporal; Kenneth Henke, Kenneth Mitchell, Robert Snow, Ernest Oberlander, Colgate Craig, Robert Rice, Hubert Wood and Harold Hopkins.


Table of Contents

[I—A Prospective Tenderfoot]

[II—Lost In the Woods]

[III—The Hermit of the Woods]

[IV—The Training of the Tenderfoot]

[V—How “Knot” to Do Several Things]

[VI—How Two Millionaires Did a Good Turn]

[VII—On Gosling Lake]

[VIII—The “Instructor In Woodcraft”]

[IX—The New Tenderfoot]

[X—A Few Native Trees]

[XI—A Lesson In Trailing]

[XII—How It Was Done]

[XIII—A Bit of Detective Work]

[XIV—The Story of Johnny Appleseed]

[XV—Other Neighbors]

[XVI—The Sunbeam of Gosling Lake]

[XVII—An “Injin” Story]

[XVIII—The Echo of a World Tragedy]

[XIX—A Queen And Her Subjects]

[XX—What Did It Mean?]

[XXI—How It Happened]

[XXII—Sunshine]