“Want to see some emeralds?” the agent invited. (See [page 49])
BOY SCOUT EXPLORERS
AT EMERALD VALLEY
BY
DON PALMER
ILLUSTRATED
CUPPLES AND LEON COMPANY
Publishers New York
Copyright, 1955, by
CUPPLES AND LEON COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. [Flash Message] 7 II. [Man of Mystery] 14 III. [Strange Actions] 20 IV. [A Surprise Cache] 30 V. [Heroes All!] 38 VI. [A Company Agent] 45 VII. [Toil and Trouble] 55 VIII. [Delay] 63 IX. [Off Course] 73 X. [A Banana Plantation] 80 XI. [Hitting the Trail] 89 XII. [Carlos the Bandit] 98 XIII. [The Emerald Pit] 106 XIV. [A Bribe Offer] 117 XV. [Map of A Mine] 126 XVI. [Signals] 133 XVII. [An Earth Slide] 140 XVIII. [Disaster] 150 XIX. [A Racing Stream] 161 XX. [The Missing Scouts] 169 XXI. [A Mission] 178 XXII. [Orders from Bogota] 188 XXIII. [Trailing Rhodes] 199 XXIV. [Flight] 208 XXV. [Going Home] 217