stration.

"Hurrah for Thad Brewster!" called a second school-boy, as the young
scoutmaster stepped off the train, bearing certain bundles, that might
be a haversack and a take-down shotgun.

Another wave of applause went sweeping up from the crowd.

"Three cheers for Bob Quail, and his dad!" shrilled yet another
enthusiast; upon which the echoes were fairly awakened by the racket.

The scouts fell into line, and two and two marched along the station
platform; for Mr. Quail had already taken his wife into his arms, and
they had retired to the interior of the little building, in order to be
less conspicuous while they talked it all over.

Bumpus sounded his bugle, and the boys kept step as they walked along,
with heads up, and feeling that they had gained the right to feel a bit
proud, after what they had gone through. The crowd pushed after them,
still shouting, and making a great clamor.

And from one of the car windows looked a bevy of childish faces, back of
which was the wan one of the tired mother; Step Hen disobeyed the rules
for one second only, when he turned, and waved his hand to his little
friends of the train. Seeing which Thad Brewster said softly to himself:

"I warrant you that little woman believes all this noise is meant for
just one boy, and he the fellow who was so kind to her; because, in her
sight Step Hen is a real hero, and this racket is meant especially for
his home-coming."

THE END.

The Boy Scouts Series

BY HERBERT CARTER

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THE BOY SCOUTS' FIRST CAMPFIRE; or, Scouting with
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THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE BLUE RIDGE; or, Marooned
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THE BOY SCOUTS ON THE TRAIL; or, Scouting through
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THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE MAINE WOODS; or, The New
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THE BOY SCOUTS THROUGH THE BIG TIMBER; or, The
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THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE ROCKIES; or, The Secret of
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THE BOY SCOUTS ON STURGEON ISLAND; or, Marooned
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THE BOY SCOUTS DOWN IN DIXIE; or, The Strange
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