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Title: The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol

Author: Howard Payson

Posting Date: March 8, 2009 [EBook #12112]
Release Date: April 22, 2004

Language: English

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THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE EAGLE PATROL

By

Lieut. Howard Payson

CONTENTS

I SCOUTS ON THE TRAIL
II A CRUISE TO THE ISLAND
III BOY SCOUTS TO THE RESCUE
IV SAM IN DIRE STRAITS
V THE BULLY SPRINGS A SURPRISE
VI AN ISLAND MYSTERY
VII SOME STRANGE DOINGS
VIII THE STOLEN UNIFORMS
IX THE HYDROPLANE QUEERLY RECOVERED
X WINNING THE CONTEST
XI A FORTUNATE DISCOVERY
XII JACK FORMS A PLOT
XIII THE "FLYING FISH" ON HER METTLE
XIV THE EAGLES IN CAMP
XV THE CHUMS IN PERIL
XVI LOST IN THE STORM
XVII ALMOST RUN DOWN
XVIII JOE DIGBY MISSING
XIX SAM REBELS
XX THE HUNT FOR TENDERFOOT JOE
XXI SAVED BY "SMOKE MORSE"
XXII THE ESCAPE OF THE BULLY
XXIII SCOUTS IN NEED ARE FRIENDS INDEED
XXIV A MEETING IN THE FOG--CONCLUSION

CHAPTER I

SCOUTS ON THE TRAIL

The dark growth of scrub oak and pine parted suddenly and the lithe
figure of a boy of about seventeen emerged suddenly into the little
clearing. The lad who had so abruptly materialized from the
close-growing vegetation peculiar to the region about the little town
of Hampton, on the south shore of Long Island, wore a well-fitting
uniform of brown khaki, canvas leggings of the same hue and a soft hat
of the campaign variety, turned up at one side. To the front of his
headpiece was fastened a metal badge, resembling the three-pointed
arrow head utilized on old maps to indicate the north. On a metal
scroll beneath it were embossed the words: "Be Prepared."

The manner of the badge's attachment would have indicated at once, to
any one familiar with the organization, that the lad wearing it was the
patrol leader of the local band of Boy Scou