Copyright, 1914,

BY HURST & COMPANY

MADE IN U. S.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Four Scouts Afloat[5]
II.The Strange Leak[15]
III.What Happened on the Road[26]
IV.When Scoutcraft Was in Demand[37]
V.On the Trail[48]
VI.The Eagles Lead the Way to Success[59]
VII.Tubby Refuses to Forget[70]
VIII.A Dazzling Plan[81]
IX.Figuring It All Out[92]
X.How the Land Lay[103]
XI.They're Off![114]
XII.Along the Rio Grande[125]
XIII.Crossing the Ford[136]
XIV.A Gallop on Mexican Soil[146]
XV.Andy Scatters the Serenaders[157]
XVI.In the Enemy's Country[168]
XVII.The Whistle of Passing Bullets[179]
XVIII.At the Burning Bridge[190]
XIX.The Wigwag Talk[201]
XX.Trust Rob![212]
XXI.The Return of the Scout Master[223]
XXII.The Field Hospital in Operation[234]
XXIII.When Villa Came[245]
XXIV.A Man of His Word[256]
XXV.Again Under the Folds of "Old Glory"[267]
XXVI.On to Washington![278]
XXVII.Tubby Solves the Mystery[298]

The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico.

CHAPTER I.

FOUR SCOUTS AFLOAT.

"Luff a little, Merritt!"