CONTENTS
| I. | The Great Woods | [1] |
| II. | Only a Chip’ | [17] |
| III. | Raccoon Junior | [34] |
| IV. | Varney’s Paintpot | [55] |
| V. | “You Must Look Out!” | [70] |
| VI. | The Friction Fire | [82] |
| VII. | Members of the Local Council | [104] |
| VIII. | The Bowline Knot | [121] |
| IX. | Godey Peck | [145] |
| X. | The Baldfaced House | [159] |
| XI. | Estu Preta! | [178] |
| XII. | The Christmas Brigade | [196] |
| XIII. | The Big Minute | [207] |
| XIV. | A River Duel | [215] |
| XV. | The Camp on the Dunes | [230] |
| XVI. | The Pup-Seal’s Creek | [244] |
| XVII. | The Signalman | [262] |
| XVIII. | The Log Shanty Again | [271] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| “What is it? What is it?” [(page 99)] | [Colored Frontispiece] |
| “Help! Help!” | [56] |
| “Mak’ you s-silent! W’at for you spik lak dat?” | [150] |
| In Camp | [238] |
| “Can’t you see the tide is leaving you?” | [252] |
From drawings by J. Reading
A SCOUT OF TO-DAY
CHAPTER I