To the Boy Scout
Who Strives to
Live Up to His
Pledge

CONTENTS

I. LUCKY MEETS JOHN DEAN[ 13]
II. MISS WHITE’S STORY[ 20]
III. THE FIRE[ 31]
IV. JOHN DEAN FINDS A “FRIEND”[ 41]
V. NEWS FOR THE DOUBLE X[ 47]
VI. DEAN MEETS COLONEL SANDS[ 56]
VII. TED AT HOME AT THE DOUBLE X[ 63]
VIII. RED MACK AND TED INVESTIGATE[ 69]
IX. THE MARSHES PAY A DEBT[ 77]
X. A LOSING GAME[ 83]
XI. TED AT WAYLAND[ 92]
XII. THE TRAIN-WRECKERS[ 102]
XIII. TED IS CHOSEN FOR A MISSION[ 111]
XIV. BOUND FOR CHICAGO[ 118]
XV. PLANS ARE MADE TO MEET TED[ 126]
XVI. TED ARRIVES IN CHICAGO[ 135]
XVII. TED MEETS STRONG[ 141]
XVIII. SETTING A TRAP[ 149]
XIX. STRONG SEEMS CHECKMATED[ 159]
XX. THE DICTAPHONE AT WORK[ 170]
XXI. WINCKEL CALLS A HALT[ 182]
XXII. AT OTTAWA[ 189]
XXIII. TED RECEIVES A REWARD[ 196]
XXIV. TED GOES BACK[ 203]
XXV. THE MARSHES REUNITED[ 210]

ILLUSTRATIONS

HIS LITTLE FORM HURLED ITSELF THROUGH THE AIR[ FRONTISPIECE]
DOWN TO THE LAKE FOR A SWIM[ 27]
RED CAME SHEEPISHLY FORWARD[ 61]
TWENTY MEN WERE OFF TO BRAND CATTLE[ 70]
THE MEN FROM THE OUTSIDE CREPT CLOSER[ 90]
THE TWO BOYS WENT ON A FISHING TRIP[ 97]
HE WAVED THE RED SWEATER[ 109]
TED FREES THE PRISONERS[ 179]

Lucky, the Boy Scout

CHAPTER I
LUCKY MEETS JOHN DEAN

“WATCH my papers, will you please, Mister?” Scarcely waiting for a reply, the bright eyed little newsboy left his stand and darted across the street, where he confronted a ragamuffin, nearly a head taller than himself.

“You have to play fair,” he began hotly, “or you can’t sell papers in this block.” Then calling to a youngster who looked little more than a baby, and who was standing several yards away where the bigger boy had chased him, he said: