Chapter I: Front Matter

A hundred yards from shore he hazarded a backward glance, and saw the wind sweeping across the bay, a line of turbulent tossing spray. (Page 60) Frontispiece.

BOY SCOUTS
ON THE TRAIL

BY
JOHN GARTH

_PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROVAL OF
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA_

PUBLISHERS
BARSE & CO.
NEW YORK, N. Y. NEWARK, N. J.

Copyright, 1920
by
BARSE & CO.
_Printed in the United States of America_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I The Camp on Long Point 9
II Forbidden Fruit 17
III The Shark 26
IV The Man in the Dory 33
V Perplexed 44
VI Loon Island 50
VII The Lightning Flash 57
VIII The Plot 64
IX Through Storm and Darkness 71
X His Bit 77
XI The Last Night 86
XII “What is Scouting For?” 94
XIII The Tallerico Kid 101
XIV Quick Wit and Courage 110
XV The Scout Rally 119
XVI Roughneck Garrity 127
XVII Learning to Box 135
XVIII The Boy Who Couldn’t Swim 141
XIX A Score is Paid 147
XX The Haunted Cabin 155
XXI The Log Cabin Fund 165
XXII The Appeal 173
XXIII Good Turns Like Chickens 180
XXIV The Face in the Window 186
XXV The Man with No Hair 193
XXVI The Hidden Wireless 201
XXVII Micky Disappears 207
XXVIII To the Rescue 213
XXIX Escape 221
XXX The Lonely Soldier 230
XXXI The Parting of the Ways 241

BOY SCOUTS
ON THE TRAIL