CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE [I. A Typical Boy Scout] 5 [II. Two Mysterious Men] 16 [III. The Major Explains] 30 [IV. The Narrative Continued] 39 [V. A Midnight Auto Dash] 51 [VI. In Direst Peril] 66 [VII. Adrift in the Storm] 76 [VIII. Eagles on the Trail] 86 [IX. What Scout Hopkins Did] 97 [X. A Rescue and a Bivouac] 109 [XI. The Mountain Camp] 121 [XII. Captured] 132 [XIII. Rob Finds a Ray of Hope] 144 [XIV. A Thrilling Escape] 155 [XV. Out of the Frying Pan] 167 [XVI. Into the Fire!] 177 [XVII. “We Want You.”] 187 [XVIII. Jumbo Earns $500.00—and Loses It] 197 [XIX. The Forest Monarch] 206 [XX. The Canoes Found] 216 [XXI. “The Ruby Glow.”] 225 [XXII. The Buccaneer’s Cave] 238 [XXIII. Trapped in a Living Tomb] 248 [XXIV. Two Columns of Smoke] 264 [XXV. The Heart of the Mystery—Conclusion] 276
The Boy Scouts’ Mountain Camp.
CHAPTER I.
A TYPICAL BOY SCOUT.
“Hullo, Rob; what’s up?”
Merritt Crawford stopped on his way past the Hampton post-office, and hailed Rob Blake, the leader of the Eagle Patrol, of which Merritt was corporal. Both lads wore the natty scout uniform.
“Not a thing is up or down, either,” rejoined Rob, with a laugh; “it looks as if things had stopped happening in Hampton ever since that schooner was blown up.”
“And Jack Curtiss’s hopes of a fortune with it,” added Merritt. “Well, I’m off home. Going that way?”
“Yes, I’ll be with you in a—— Hullo, what’s happening?”
From farther up the street, at one end of which lay the glistening sheet of water known as Hampton Inlet, there came excited shouts. Then, suddenly, into the field of vision there swept, with astonishing rapidity, a startling sight.