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“LOOK OUT! THE SECOND CAT!” YELLED PAUL. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound Page 161

The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound OR A Tour on Skates and Iceboats By GEORGE A. WARREN AUTHOR OF “THE BANNER BOY SCOUTS,” “THE MUSKET BOYS OF OLD BOSTON,” ETC. ILLUSTRATED THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO. AKRON, OHIO NEW YORK Made in U. S. A.

Copyright, 1916, by

Cupples & Leon Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. On the Frozen Bushkill 1

II. When the Old Ice-House Fell 8

III. The Rescue 15

IV. A Quick Return for Services Rendered 23

V. A Startling Interruption 30

VI. A Gloomy Prospect for Jud 38

VII. Paul Takes a Chance 46

VIII. Bobolink and the Storekeeper 54

IX. “Fire!” 62

X. The Accusation 69

XI. Friends of the Scouts 76

XII. The Iceboat Squadron 84

XIII. On the Way 91

XIV. The Ring of Steel Runners 98

XV. Tolly Tip and the Forest Cabin 105

XVI. The First Night Out 112

XVII. “Tip-Ups” for Pickerel 119

XVIII. The Helping Hand of a Scout 126

XIX. News of Big Game 134

XX. At the Beaver Pond 141

XXI. Setting the Flashlight Trap 149

XXII. Waylaid in the Timber 157

XXIII. The Blizzard 165

XXIV. The Duty of the Scout 172

XXV. Among the Snowdrifts 180

XXVI. Dug Out 187

XXVII. “First Aid” 194

XXVIII. More Startling News 202

XXIX. The Wild Dog Pack 211

XXX. A Change of Plans 219

XXXI. Good-Bye to Deer Head Lodge 227

XXXII. The Capture of the Hobo Yeggmen 235

XXXIII. Conclusion 243

PREFACE

Dear Boys:—

Once more it is my privilege to offer you a new volume wherein I have endeavored to relate further interesting adventures in which the members of Stanhope Troop of Boy Scouts take part. Most of my readers, I feel sure, remember Paul, Jud, Bobolink, Jack and many of the other characters, and will gladly greet them as old friends.

To such of you who may be making the acquaintance of these manly young chaps for the first time I can only say this. I trust your interest in their various doings along the line of scoutcraft will be strong enough to induce you to secure the previous volumes in this series in order to learn at first hand of the numerous achievements they have placed to their credit.

The boys comprising the original Red Fox Patrol won the beautiful banner they own in open competition with other rival organizations. From that day, now far in the past, Stanhope Troop has been known as the Banner Boy Scouts. Its possession .gn +1 has always served as an inspiration to Paul and his many staunch comrades. Every time they see its silken folds unfurled at the head of their growing marching line they feel like renewing the vows to which they so willingly subscribed on first joining the organization.

Many of their number, too, are this day proudly wearing on their chests the medals they have won through study, observation, service, thrift, or acts of heroism, such as saving human life at the risk of their own.

I trust that all my many young readers will enjoy the present volume fully as much as they did those that have appeared before now. Hoping, then, to meet you all again before a great while in the pages of another book; and with best wishes for every lad who aspires to climb the ladder of leadership in his home troop, believe me,

Cordially yours, George A. Warren.