“CLOSE IN ON ALL SIDES AND KEEP THEM WELL COVERED, BOYS!” SAID THAD. [Page 20]
—The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE [I. The Tramp Chase.] 3 [II. Sighing for Trouble.] 15 [III. When Bumpus Climbed Over the Fence.] 24 [IV. Giraffe Admits That the Shoe Fits.] 35 [V. The Camp in the Haymow.] 47 [VI. Scouts to the Rescue.] 58 [VII. On the River Road.] 67 [VIII. Useful Knowledge.] 77 [IX. Any Port in a Storm.] 88 [X. The Deserted Shanty Boat.] 96 [XI. Adrift on the Flood.] 105 [XII. Hearts Courageous.] 113 [XIII. The Island of Hope.] 122 [XIV. Still Surrounded by Perils.] 130 [XV. The Return of Giraffe.] 138 [XVI. What Davy Heard.] 147 [XVII. Looking for Signs.] 156 [XVIII. More Serious News.] 164 [XIX. The Trail of the Marauder.] 172 [XX. Solving a Mystery.] 181 [XXI. An Empty Larder.] 189 [XXII. Drawing the Net.] 197 [XXIII. The Smoke Clew.] 206 [XXIV. The Capture.] 214 [XXV. Forced to Tell.] 222 [XXVI. The Keepers of the Camp.] 231 [XXVII. Headed for Home—Conclusion.] 239
THE BOY SCOUTS
ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA.
CHAPTER I.
THE TRAMP CHASE.
“I’m no weather sharp, boys; but all the same I want to remark that it’s going to rain like cats and dogs before a great while. Put a pin in that to remember it, will you?”
“What makes you say so, Davy?”
“Yes, just when we’re getting along splendidly, with the old Susquehanna not a great ways off, you have to go and put a damper on everything. Tell us how you know all that, won’t you, Davy Jones?”
“Sure I will, Giraffe, with the greatest of pleasure, while we’re sitting here on this log, resting up. In the first place just notice how gray the sky’s gotten since we had that snack at the farm house about noon!”
“Oh! shucks! that’s no positive sign; it often clouds up, and never a drop falls.”