CONTENTS
[CHAPTER I. CALLED TO ACTIVE SERVICE]
[CHAPTER II. THE RED ARMY]
[CHAPTER III. THE SCOUTING AUTO]
[CHAPTER IV. IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY]
[CHAPTER V. OFF TO CRIPPLE CREEK]
[CHAPTER VI. AT THE COVERED BRIDGE]
[CHAPTER VII. A TIMELY WARNING]
[CHAPTER VIII. THE ENEMY'S TRICK]
[CHAPTER IX. JACK DANBY'S GOOD NEWS]
[CHAPTER X. THE SCOUTS MEET AN OLD FRIEND]
[CHAPTER XI. AN INTENTIONAL BLUNDER]
[CHAPTER XII. A RACE FOR FREEDOM]
[CHAPTER XIII. A REAL ENEMY]
[CHAPTER XIV. A PARLEY WITH THE ENEMY]
[CHAPTER XV. A DECISIVE MOVEMENT]
[CHAPTER XVI. THE PERIL IN THE WOODS]
[THE BRADEN BOOKS]
[FICTION FOR BOYS]
CHAPTER I
CALLED TO ACTIVE SERVICE
"What's this call for a special meeting of the Boy Scouts, Jack?" asked Pete Stubbs, a First Class Boy Scout, of his chum Jack Danby, who had just been appointed Assistant Patrol Leader of the Crow Patrol of the Thirty-ninth Troop.
"Well, I guess it isn't a secret any more," said Jack.
He and Pete Stubbs worked in the same place, and they were great chums, especially since Jack had enlisted his chum in the Boy Scouts.
"The fact is," he continued, "that Scout-Master Durland has been trying for several days to arrange the biggest treat the Troop, or any other Troop, has ever had. You know the State militia begins maneuvers pretty soon, Pete?"
"Say, Jack," cried red-haired Pete, dancing up and down in his excitement, "you don't mean to say that there's a chance that we are to go out with the militia?"