Front matter
Reading edition
The Balmy Afternoon Passed Rapidly
THE BOY PATROL SERIES
The Boy Patrol On Guard
BY
EDWARD S. ELLIS
Author of “The Flying Boys Series,”
“The Launch Boys Series,”
“The Deerfoot Series,” etc., etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
EDWIN J. PRITTIE
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA
Copyright, 1913, by
The John C. Winston Company
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
Dedication
Without asking permission, and as a partial recognition of the example set by them in their daily lives, walk and conversation, I have taken the liberty of dedicating these volumes to
George Albert (“Bert”) Hall Scout Master of Blazing Arrow Patrol, Troop 2 and his Boy Scouts, Charles A. Chase, Patrol Leader; George Robe, Corporal; Kenneth Henke, Kenneth Mitchell, Robert Snow, Ernest Oberlander, Colgate Craig, Robert Rice, Hubert Wood and Harold Hopkins.
Table of Contents
I—A Prospective Tenderfoot
II—Lost In the Woods
III—The Hermit of the Woods
IV—The Training of the Tenderfoot
V—How “Knot” to Do Several Things
VI—How Two Millionaires Did a Good Turn
VII—On Gosling Lake
VIII—The “Instructor In Woodcraft”
IX—The New Tenderfoot
X—A Few Native Trees
XI—A Lesson In Trailing
XII—How It Was Done
XIII—A Bit of Detective Work
XIV—The Story of Johnny Appleseed
XV—Other Neighbors
XVI—The Sunbeam of Gosling Lake
XVII—An “Injin” Story
XVIII—The Echo of a World Tragedy
XIX—A Queen And Her Subjects
XX—What Did It Mean?
XXI—How It Happened
XXII—Sunshine