Chapter I: Front Matter

THE BOY SCOUTS
AS
COUNTY FAIR GUIDES

BY
SCOUT MASTER ROBERT SHALER

AUTHOR OF “BOY SCOUTS OF THE SIGNAL CORPS,” “BOY SCOUTS OF
PIONEER CAMP,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,” “BOY
SCOUTS OF THE LIFE SAVING CREW,” “BOY SCOUTS ON PICKET
DUTY,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE FLYING SQUADRON,” “BOY
SCOUTS AND THE PRIZE PENNANT,” “BOY SCOUTS OF
THE NAVAL RESERVE,” “BOY SCOUTS IN THE SADDLE,”
“BOY SCOUTS FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT,” “BOY
SCOUTS IN THE GREAT FLOOD,” “BOY SCOUTS
OF THE FIELD HOSPITAL,” “BOY SCOUTS
WITH THE RED CROSS,” ETC.

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Sterling Boy Scout Books

BY
Scout Master Robert Shaler

_Bound in cloth_ _Fifteen titles_

1 Boy Scouts of the Signal Corps.
2 Boy Scouts of Pioneer Camp.
3 Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey.
4 Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew.
5 Boy Scouts on Picket Duty.
6 Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron.
7 Boy Scouts and the Prize Pennant.
8 Boy Scouts of the Naval Reserve.
9 Boy Scouts in the Saddle.
10 Boy Scouts for City Improvement.
11 Boy Scouts in the Great Flood.
12 Boy Scouts of the Field Hospital.
13 Boy Scouts with the Red Cross.
14 Boy Scouts as County Fair Guides.
15 Boy Scouts as Forest Fire Fighters.

_You can purchase any of the above books at the price you paid for this one, or the publishers will send any book, postpaid, upon receipt of 25c._

HURST & CO., Publishers
432 Fourth Avenue, New York

Copyright, 1915, by Hurst & Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Back From the Fishing Hole 5
II. The Great Undertaking 16
III. On Duty at the Fair 28
IV. The Fakir and His Dupe 40
V. A Credit to the Uniform 52
VI. “Strike While the Iron Is Hot!” 63
VII. Sowing the Seed 74
VIII. A Scout in Trouble 85
IX. The Rift in the Cloud 96
X. One Boy’s Influence 108
XI. Backed by the Scouts 120
XII. At the Station 131
XIII. How It Turned Out 142
XIV. Stopped on the Road—Conclusion 148

The Boy Scouts as County Fair Guides.