Chapter I: Front Matter

PATHFINDER OR THE MISSING TENDERFOOT

+----------------------------------------------+ | | | COMPLETE ROSTER, WHEN THE | | PATROLS WERE FILLED, OF | | | | THE HICKORY RIDGE TROOP | | OF BOY SCOUTS | | | | MR. RODERIC GARRABRANT, SCOUT MASTER | | | | | | THE WOLF PATROL | | | | ELMER CHENOWITH, Patrol Leader, and also | | Assistant Scout Master | | | | MARK CUMMINGS | | TED (THEODORE) BURGOYNE | | TOBY (TOBIAS) ELLSWORTH JONES | | "LIL ARTHA" (ARTHUR) STANSBURY | | CHATZ (CHARLES) MAXFIELD | | PHIL (PHILIP) DALE | | GEORGE ROBBINS | | | | | | THE BEAVER PATROL | | | | MATTY (MATTHEW) EGGLESTON, Patrol Leader | | | | "RED" (OSCAR) HUGGINS | | TY (TYRUS) COLLINS | | JASPER MERRIWEATHER | | TOM CROPSEY | | LARRY (LAWRENCE) BILLINGS | | HEN (HENRY) CONDIT | | LANDY (PHILANDER) SMITH | | | | | | THE EAGLE PATROL | | | | JACK ARMITAGE, Patrol Leader | | | | NAT (NATHAN) SCOTT | | | | (OTHERS TO BE ENLISTED UNTIL THIS PATROL HAS | | REACHED ITS LEGITIMATE NUMBER) | | | +----------------------------------------------+

THE HICKORY RIDGE BOY SCOUTS

PATHFINDER
OR
THE MISSING TENDERFOOT

BY

CAPTAIN ALAN DOUGLAS
SCOUT MASTER

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--THE BIRCH-BARK MESSAGE 17

II.--AT THE HAUNTED MILL 25

III.--THE STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF NAT 34

IV.--THE SEARCH FOR A CLEW 42

V.--THE TRAIL GROWS WARMER 50

VI.--HUNTING FOR THE MISSING SCOUT 58

VII.--THE AMBITION OF LANDY 67

VIII.--READING THE SIGNS 75

IX.--SETTING THE TRAP 84

X.--HOW THE TRAP WORKED 93

XI.--RUN DOWN 101

XII.--THE LANGUAGE OF SIGNS 110

XIII.--THE CALL OF THE WOLF 119

XIV.--THE NEED OF A PATHFINDER 127

XV.--RESCUED--CONCLUSION 136

PATHFINDER OR THE MISSING TENDERFOOT

THE HICKORY RIDGE BOY SCOUTS

PATHFINDER;

OR,

THE MISSING TENDERFOOT.