Chapter Page [1. A Missing Cub] 1 [2. The Face on the Cliff] 12 [3. Red Proves His Point] 22 [4. Suspicion] 33 [5. Strange Indians] 45 [6. Another Loss] 54 [7. A “Brush-off”] 67 [8. Dan’s Sand Painting] 74 [9. A Lost Paddle] 83 [10. An Underground Stream] 93 [11. Friend or Foe?] 104 [12. Exploring the Cave] 114 [13. More Trouble] 126 [14. Red’s Slip of Tongue] 135 [15. The Man in the Cave] 148 [16. Danger] 158 [17. Red’s Mistake] 168 [18. The Pow-wow] 177 [19. Three Points] 188 [20. The Turquoise Toad] 204
Dan Carter and the Great Carved Face
CHAPTER I
A MISSING CUB
Firelight splashed the eager faces of six Cub Scouts, who squatted Indian fashion around the glowing log.
Sam Hatfield, cubmaster of Den 2 at Webster City, raised his hand in cheery greeting.
“How!”
“How!” responded the Cubs. Expectantly, they waited for their chief to speak.
On this particular night, the den meeting was being held on a river slope directly behind the home of Burton Holloway, one of the Den Dads.
As all the Cubs knew, the session was no ordinary week-end ceremonial. For Mr. Hatfield had promised that an important announcement would be forthcoming.
“Everyone here?” The cubmaster’s gaze roved from one Cub to another as he started to call the roll. “Brad Wilber!”