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Title: Boy Scouts on the Great Divide
or, The Ending of the Trail
Author: Archibald Lee Fletcher
Release Date: March 3, 2010 [EBook #31487]
Language: English
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Boy Scouts on the Great Divide;
or, The Ending of the Trail
By Archibald Lee Fletcher
Chicago
M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY
Copyright 1913
MADE IN U.S.A.
CONTENTS
I--A BOY SCOUT
II--THE RUNAWAY
III--THE CASE IS STATED
IV--A CHASE IN THE NIGHT
V--A DETECTIVE AND A ROBBER
VI--THE CALL OF THE BEAVER
VII--ARRESTED AS SPIES
VIII--A MIDNIGHT BEAR HUNT
IX--LYNCHING IS THREATENED
X--ONE DANGER TO ANOTHER
XI--A WYOMING HOLD-UP
XII--AN INTERRUPTED WIG-WAG
XIII--TOMMY GOES AFTER BEAR STEAK
XIV--A PAIR OF PRISONERS
XV--AN UNDERGROUND CHANNEL
XVI--CULLEN LOSES HIS STAR
XVII--A MEETING UNDER GROUND
XVIII--THE FINDING OF WAGNER
XIX--SHERIFF PETE'S WINK
XX--DETECTIVES IN TROUBLE
XXI--CONCLUSION
Boy Scouts on the Great Divide;
or, The Ending of the Trail
CHAPTER I
A BOY SCOUT CAMP
On a sunny September afternoon two shelter tents stood in a mountain
valley, on the south bank of a creek which, miles and miles below,
becomes the Sweetwater river.
Above the flap of each tent lifted a yellow pennant, in the center of
which a blue beaver stood in an alert and listening attitude, his flat
tail outstretched.
A campfire blazed in front of the two tents, and some distance away four
bronchos fed noisily on the sweet grass of the valley. Tinned provisions
and cooking utensils were scattered here and there in front of the
blaze, and four boys wearing the khaki uniform of the Boy Scouts of
America were busily engaged in preparing supper.
Those who have read the previous volumes of this series will require no
introduction to Will Smith, George Benton, Charley (Sandy) Green, or
Tommy Gregory. As will be re
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