BY
Captain Alan Douglas
SCOUT MASTER

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
NEW YORK


Copyright, 1913, by
THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.—The Talk in an Apple Tree[17]
II.—Jasper's Idea Takes Root[25]
III.—As the Clock in the Tower Boomed Six[33]
IV.—Signs of Trouble[41]
V.—The Motorcycle Squad[49]
VI.—Getting in a Rut[57]
VII.—In Hot Pursuit[65]
VIII.—Twenty-seven Miles from Hickory Ridge and Home[73]
IX.—Nearing the Crisis[81]
X.—Found at Last[89]
XI.—The Howl of the Wolf Signal[97]
XII.—The Ambush[105]
XIII.—Friends in Time of Need[113]
XIV.—How the Plot Failed[121]
XV.—Victory—Siss! Boom! Hurrah![129]
XVI.—"The Finest Thing that Ever Happened To Fairfield!"[137]

GREAT HIKE
OR
The Pride of the Khaki Troop