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I. WHEN THE SEED TOOK ROOT 1

II. THE MAN WHO LOVED NATURE 10

III. A CLOUD OVER THE OSKAMP HOME 20

IV. THE DEFIANCE OF DOCK PHILLIPS 30

V. THE BLACK BEAR PATROL 41

VI. SETTING THE TRAP 48

VII. DOCK GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE 57

VIII. SIGNS OF TROUBLE AHEAD 66

IX. NO SURRENDER 76

X. READY FOR THE START 84

XI. ON THE WAY 91

XII. THE FIRST CAMP-FIRE 98

XIII. THE LIFE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED 106

XIV. AT THE FOOT OF BIG BEAR MOUNTAIN 114

XV. NOT GUILTY 122

XVI. WHAT TO DO IN A STORM 129

XVII. THE LANDSLIDE 137

XVIII. CAMPING ON THE LAKE SHORE 145

XIX. FRIENDS OF THE DEER 153

XX. FIRST AID TO THE INJURED 162

XXI. SCOUT GRIT 171

XXII. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS 180

XXIII. INTO THE GREAT BOG 189

XXIV. RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL 198

XXV. WHEN CARL CAME HOME--CONCLUSION 207

THE BOY SCOUTS OF LENOX

CHAPTER I

WHEN THE SEED TOOK ROOT

"I move we go into it, fellows!"

"It strikes me as a cracking good idea, all right, and I'm glad Tom
stirred us up after he came back from visiting his cousins over in
Freeport!"

"He says they've got a dandy troop, with three full patrols, over
there."

"No reason, Felix, why Lenox should be left out in the cold when it
comes to Boy Scout activities. Let's keep the ball rolling until it's
a sure thing."

"I say the same, Josh. Why, we can count about enough noses for a full
patrol right among ourselves. There's Tom Chesney to begin with; George
Cooper here, who ought to make a pretty fair scout even if he is always
finding fault; Carl Oskamp, also present, if we can only tear him away
from his hobby of raising homing pigeons long enough to study up what
scouts have to know; yourself, Josh Kingsley; and a fellow by the name
of Felix Robbin