Copyright 1912
BY
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| I | HO! FOR THE ADIRONDACKS | [3] |
| II | THE LOGGING CAMP | [12] |
| III | THE OLD SNAKE HUNTER | [26] |
| IV | THE FIGHT | [35] |
| V | THE BEAR’S SURPRISE PARTY | [42] |
| VI | THE PLOT | [50] |
| VII | TRAPPED IN THE CAVE | [58] |
| VIII | THE BOY SCOUTS TO THE FORE | [66] |
| IX | DICK CRAWFORD GIVES WARNING | [77] |
| X | “BUSY AS BEAVERS” | [87] |
| XI | THE BOG | [100] |
| XII | OLD SAM TO THE RESCUE | [108] |
| XIII | THE BROKEN TRESTLE | [117] |
| XIV | THE SAVING OF THE TRAIN | [124] |
| XV | A STRANGE DUEL | [132] |
| XVI | TOO LATE! | [139] |
| XVII | JACK’S RUN FOR LIFE | [148] |
| XVIII | BALKED OF THEIR PREY | [154] |
The Boy Scout
Pathfinders
CHAPTER I
HO! FOR THE ADIRONDACKS
“Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong!” clashed the great bell on the locomotive, and with much creaking and clanking and letting off of steam, with iron scraping on iron and one last, long drawn whistle of the air-brakes, the train came slowly to a stop.
As if vying with the locomotive to see which could make the greater noise, a score or more of khaki-clad boys came tumbling to the platform of the little mountain station, amid whoops and cat-calls and shouts of, “Here we are!” “Hurrah for the Adirondacks!” “Say, fellows, this is the backwoods and no mistake!”
And then in rapid succession came the further inquiries:
“Which way do we go? Up this road?”
“See that big rock away down there? I’ll race you to it!”