Boy Scouts in California
OR
The Flag on the Cliff
By
G. Harvey Ralphson
CHICAGO
M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
Copyright 1913
by
M. A. Donohue & Co.
CHICAGO
Made in U. S. A.
CONTENTS
Chapter Page I— [A Thief in the Night] 7 II— [A Voice in the Thicket] 18 III— [The Law of Club and Fang] 29 IV— [Jimmie Builds Two Fires] 40 V— [The Call of the Pack] 51 VI— [A Bribe of Half a Million] 62 VII— [The Franciscan Mission] 73 VIII— [A Queer Hiding Place] 83 IX— [In Quest of Information] 95 X— [Gilroy and the Bear] 104 XI— [The Devil’s Punch Bowl] 115 XII— [Treachery Feared] 126 XIII— [At the Bottom of the Bowl] 137 XIV— [A Bit of Engineering] 148 XV— [The Troubles of Gilroy] 159 XVI— [A Fall in the Night] 169 XVII— [A Wonderful Discovery] 180 XVIII— [Jimmie Finds a Way] 190 XIX— [A Boy Scout Encounter] 200 XX— [The Flag on the Cliff] 213 XXI— [The End of a Crooked Road] 224 XXII— [A Fight in the Air] 235 XXIII— [The Treaty Under the Flag] 244
Boy Scouts in California
or
The Flag on the Cliff
CHAPTER I
A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
“Black bear steak!”