BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

With eight Illustrations in Colour by
ERNEST PRATER

A. & C. BLACK, LTD.
4, 5 AND 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
First Published in 1913
This Edition published in 1922
Reprinted in 1922, 1923, 1925, 1930

CONTENTS

CHAP.
I. [SIR SILAS DISAPPROVES]
II. [DICK ATHERTON'S GOOD TURN]
III. [THE PATROL LEADER'S DILEMMA]
IV. [OFF TO SEAL ISLAND]
V. [THE ARRIVAL]
VI. [A SPOILT BREAKFAST]
VII. [THE MYSTERIOUS FOOTPRINTS]
VIII. [THE MISSING THOLE-PINS]
IX. [AT THE LIGHTHOUSE]
X. [THE WRECK]
XI. [HOW CAME PAUL TASSH ON SEAL ISLAND?]
XII. [THE BURGLARY]
XIII. [FLIGHT]
XIV. [PHILLIPS' DISCOVERY]
XV. [THE EXPLORATION OF THE TUNNEL]
XVI. [TRAPPED]
XVII. [THE MYSTERIOUS YACHT]
XVIII. [HOT ON THE TRAIL]
XIX. [THE FIRST CAPTURE]
XX. [A GOOD NIGHT'S WORK]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["THEY LANDED SAFELY ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE
STONE PIER" Frontispiece]

["LOOK HERE, YOUNG GENTLEMAN, CAN YOU GIVE ME
ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHAT OCCURRED?"]

["HE SLIPPED OVER THE CLIFF AND WAS SLOWLY
LOWERED"]

["QUITE EXHAUSTED, THE FIRST SURVIVOR WAS
ASSISTED TO THE MOST SHELTERED POSITION ON
THE LEDGE"]

["IN BROKEN-STEP FORM THE SCOUTS CARRIED THEIR
COMRADE TOWARDS THE CAMP"]

["'IN THE NAME OF THUNDER, WHAT HAVE YOU
SCOUTS BEEN UP TO?'"]

["THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON THE
WOLVES KEPT ON THE WATCH"]

["'HANDS UP INSTANTLY OR I'LL FIRE!' ORDERED
MR. BUCKLEY STERNLY"]

THE SCOUTS OF
SEAL ISLAND