Copyright, 1916, by Hurst & Company.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. [The Nut Gatherers] 5 II. [At the Deserted Logging Camp] 16 III. [Backed by Scout Comrades] 27 IV. [The Coming of the Storm] 39 V. [A Helping Hand] 51 VI. [The Duty of a Scout] 63 VII. [The Peril of the Falling Timber] 75 VIII. [The Rescue] 84 IX. [Gus in the Lime-light] 93 X. [Things Change for the Better] 104 XI. [Good News] 118 XII. [Thanksgiving in Camp] 128 XIII. [Sam Redeems Himself Gloriously] 136 XIV. [The Honor Medals] 152
The Boy Scouts on the Roll of Honor.
CHAPTER I.
THE NUT GATHERERS.
“It’s turned out to be a nutting trip worth while, fellows!”
“Three sacks full of black walnuts and shellbark hickories, with a peck of big chestnuts! Well, for one I’m glad Hugh asked me to go along.”
“And say, think of those poor little kids over at the orphan asylum—what a high old time they’re going to have this winter cracking all these nuts, when the snow that’s kept off so long comes to Oakvale!”
“Hugh, it seems to me you’re always doing something to make those orphans think a heap of Hugh Hardin, our assistant scout master, eh, Billy?”
“That’s right, Arthur,” responded the boy addressed by the name of Billy. “Why, only a short time ago didn’t I see him put through a neat job that I reckon saved the lives of several of those kids?”