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Title: Rod of the Lone Patrol

Author: H. A. Cody

Release Date: December 5, 2005 [eBook #17227]

Language: English

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ROD OF THE LONE PATROL

by

H. A. CODY

Author of "If Any Man Sin," "The Chief of the Ranges,"
"The Long Patrol," "The Frontiersman," Etc., Etc.

"_A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts._"
--LONGFELLOW.

McClelland and Stewart
Publishers ------ Toronto
Copyright, 1916,
George H. Doran Company
Made in U. S. A.

To My

Three Little Boys

DOUGLAS, KENNETH AND NORMAN,

Who are anxious to become Boy Scouts,

This Book is

Affectionately Dedicated

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. A WAIF OF THE NIGHT
II. GIVING AND RECEIVING
III. THE WIDOW'S VISIT
IV. RODNEY DEVELOPS
V. CAPTAIN JOSH TAKES A HAND
VI. A NEW FRIEND
VII. CHUMS
VIII. THE CHUMS TO THE RESCUE
IX. WHYN
X. HIS FIRST "GOOD TURN"
XI. MISS ARABELLA'S "AFFAIR"
XII. SCOUT WORK
XIII. THE VISIT
XIV. UNEXPECTED ASSISTANCE
XV. IN THE CITY
XVI. WHYN DECIDES
XVII. ANNA ROYANNA
XVIII. THE WAY OF THE HEART
XIX. THE SURPRISE
XX. THE ISLAND ADVENTURE
XXI. THE ROUNDING UP
XXII. A NEW ADVENTURE
XXIII. FIRST AID
XXIV. THE PRODIGAL SON
XXV. DRIFT-LOGS
XXVI. THE BEST "GOOD-TURN"
XXVII. JIMMY
XXVIII. EXCITEMENT AT THE ANCHORAGE
XXIX. THE TROOPS DECIDE
XXX. THE NIGHT RUN
XXXI. BETTER THAN A FAIRY TALE

ROD OF THE LONE PATROL

CHAPTER I

A WAIF OF THE NIGHT

Parson Dan chuckled several times as he sipped his hot cocoa before the
fire. It was an open fire, and the flames licked around an old dry
root which had been brought with other driftwood up from the shore.
This brightly-lighted room was a pleasing contrast to the roughness of
the night outside, for a strong late October wind was careening over
the land. It swirled about the