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The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island by Warren, George A.
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A word from our supporters: File extension ICL | E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat OR The Secret of Cedar Island By GEORGE A. WARREN 1913 CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE MYSTERIOUS BOXES II GLORIOUS NEWS III FOR CEDAR ISLAND--GHOST OR NO GHOST IV LAYING IN THE STORES V JUST AFTER THE CLOCK STRUCK TEN VI THE GREAT CRUISE OF THE SCOUTS BEGUN VII STUCK FAST IN THE MUD VIII WHAT THE WATER GAUGE SHOWED IX ON THE SWIFT RADWAY X DODGING THE SNAGS AND THE SNARES XI THE CAMP ON CEDAR ISLAND XII WAS IT A BURSTING METEOR? XIII THE FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND XIV TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT XV ORDERED OFF XVI UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS XVII PITCHING TENTS IN THE "SINK" XVIII WHAT LAY IN THE BRUSH XIX LAYING PLANS XX THE EXPLORING PARTY XXI A MYSTERY OF THE OPEN GLADE XXII THE WIGWAG MESSAGE XXIII STILL FLOUNDERING IN THE MIRE XXIV THE DISCOVERY XXV TIME TO GO BACK XXVI HONORABLE SCARS XXVII ANOTHER THREATENING PERIL XXVIII PREPARED FOR THE WORST XXIX LIFTING THE LID XXX GOOD-BYE TO CEDAR ISLAND XXXI A SCOUT'S DUTY XXXII CONCLUSION PREFACE Dear Boys:-- It is with the greatest pleasure that I present you with the third volume of the "Banner Boy Scouts Series." This is a complete story in itself; and yet most of the leading characters you, who have already read the first and second volumes, will easily remember. I trust you will heartily welcome the appearance once more on the stage of Paul, Jack, Bobolink and all the other good fellows belonging to Stanhope Troop of Boy Scouts. Those of you who are old friends will recollect that while the Red Fox Patrol was forming, the boys had a most strenuous time, what with a deep mystery in their midst, and the bitter strife resulting from their competition with rival troops belonging to neighboring towns. How the beautiful banner was cleverly won by Stanhope, I related in the first volume, called: "The Banner Boy Scouts." In the succeeding story the Stanhope Scouts went on their first long hike, to camp in the open. The remarkable adventures they met with while enjoying this experience; as well as the stirring account of how they recovered a box of valuable papers that had been stolen from the office of Joe Clausin's father, form the main theme of "The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour." And now, in this third book, I have endeavored to interest you in another series of happenings that befell these wide-awake boys before their summer vacation was over. I hope you will, after reading this story through to the last line, agree with me that what the young assistant scout master, Paul Morrison, and his chums of Stanhope Troop endured while afloat all went to make them better and truer scouts in every sense of the word. Cordially yours GEORGE A. WARREN. CHAPTER I THE MYSTERIOUS BOXES "What are you limping for, Bobolink?" "Oh! shucks! I see there's no use trying to hide anything from your sharp eyes, Jack Stormways. Guess I just about walked my feet off today, goin' fishin' with our patrol leader, away over to the Radway River, and about six miles up." "Have any luck, Bobolink?" instantly demanded the third member of the group of three half-grown boys, who were passing after nightfall through some of the partly deserted streets on the outskirts of the thriving town of Stanhope; and whose name it might be stated was Tom Betts. |