| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I.— | Two Scouts in a Storm | [17] |
| II.— | A Lesson in Woodcraft | [25] |
| III.— | More Rumblings of Coming Trouble | [34] |
| IV.— | First Aid to the Injured | [40] |
| V.— | The Meeting in the Old Wagon Shop | [48] |
| VI.— | The Little Red Button | [56] |
| VII.— | A Job for the Boy Scouts to Do | [62] |
| VIII.— | Following a Trail | [72] |
| IX.— | Reasoning that Looked like Magic | [80] |
| X.— | Giving Matt Tubbs a Chance | [90] |
| XI.— | At McGraw's Lumber Yard | [97] |
| XII.— | A Rebellion Nipped in the Bud | [105] |
| XIII.— | Red Plans the Part of the Crafty Fox | [113] |
| XIV.— | Taken by Surprise | [121] |
| XV.— | Elmer Thinks It Pays | [129] |
| XVI.— | Lending a Helping Hand | [137] |
THE HICKORY RIDGE BOY SCOUTS
WOODCRAFT;
OR,
HOW A PATROL LEADER MADE GOOD.
CHAPTER I.
TWO SCOUTS IN A STORM.
Crashes of thunder, sounding like the roll of heavy artillery in battle, echoed through the forest some miles above the town of Hickory Ridge on an August day.
Overhead, black, sullen clouds had covered the heavens, and at any moment now the ominous stillness of the woods might give way to the rushing sound of the wild wind, together with a downpour of rain.
Two half-grown lads, dressed in the usual khaki costume recognized as the official uniform of the Boy Scouts of America, were standing there in the midst of the heavy growth, casting uneasy looks around them.