Copyright, 1915, by Hurst & Company
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. [The Camp on the Hurricane] 5 II. [A Close Call in the Rapids] 16 III. [Returning Good for Evil] 27 IV. [Turning Back the Clock of Time] 41 V. [Signs of Brooding Trouble] 52 VI. [Everybody Busy] 62 VII. [The Frog Hunter Trapped] 76 VIII. [Scouts Heed the Call to Duty] 87 IX. [The Helping Hand] 96 X. [The Field Hospital] 108 XI. [A Tragedy of the Strike] 119 XII. [A Call for the Red Cross] 131 XIII. [Hard at Work] 142 XIV. [The Welcome Sight—Conclusion] 150
The Boy Scouts of the Field Hospital.
CHAPTER I.
THE CAMP ON THE HURRICANE.
“The same old hard luck seems to follow our scout master wherever we go, Hugh!”
“It surely looks that way, Billy, for a fact.”
“After taking all the trouble to hunt around the country for a new camping place where the Oakvale Troop could open their summer campaign, here the scout master has to be called back home with his mother coming down sick.”
“It was too bad, Billy, and Lieutenant Denmead looked as if he had met with a bitter disappointment. Having his old mother ill would be bad enough at any time, but to have it happen just now seemed doubly hard. I know he looked forward to a week or so of rest and recreation up here.”
“Well, all my sympathy is with the lieutenant; I’m not wasting any on the bunch of scouts gathered here around these tents, let me tell you, Hugh. They’ll be just as well looked after by our efficient assistant scout master.”