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ROY BLAKELEY’S BEE-LINE HIKE BY
PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH Author of
TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT, TOM
SLADE AT TEMPLE CAMP,
ROY BLAKELEY, ETC. illustrated by
R. EMMETT OWEN published with the approval of
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS : : NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1922, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP

“DON’T GRAB IT YET,” I SAID. “WAIT. DON’T LET GO.”
Frontispiece—([Page 164])


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I [We Lose a Member][1]
II [Missionary Work][4]
III [A Solemn Pledge][10]
IV [We Start][18]
V [A Stumbling Block][25]
VI [A Proposition][31]
VII [Famine][37]
VIII [Reel Adventure][44]
IX [Diplomacy][50]
X [The Bee-line][55]
XI [Eats][61]
XII [Black or White][66]
XIII [Bandits and Things][73]
XIV [The Haunted Wheel][78]
XV [A Scout is Observant][82]
XVI [Suspense][87]
XVII [The Hero][91]
XVIII [One, Two, Three, Go!][95]
XIX [Up in the Air][101]
XX [Seeing Things][105]
XXI [Fetters][113]
XXII [Invasion][120]
XXIII [Foiled!][125]
XXIV [Daring Dora Dane][134]
XXV [Pee-wee’s Loss][139]
XXVI [The Shero][144]
XXVII [The New Scout][149]
XXVIII [The Ledge][155]
XXIX [The Last Hope][162]
XXX [A Good Turn][167]
XXXI [Tomboy][171]
XXXII [Bee-lines and Things][176]
XXXIII [Frogs and Hats][179]
XXXIV [A Little Bit Off the Top][188]
XXXV [Logic][192]
XXXVI [The Siege][198]
[Chapter the Last (Thank Goodness)]
[It Hasn’t Got Any Name][206]