The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron

at I'm pretty nearly

going was tough over

n we are carrying such

lad we are near

to strike the shanty. We aimed to get

retty spry to accomplish all we have. Why, I haven't had a pull any

from market. That put us some miles on the way. If you've rested enough, Bud, perhaps we w

goes,

ng boys in the Wolf Patrol, inserted his arms in the loops of the p

toting" much more than the customary amount of lug

expression on his face that let everybody know in the start that he was one of those

d Hugh carried out his task on such occasions, it was generally accepted as a foregone conclusion that in case the latter officer resigned, as he had lately given hints of doing, Hugh would be elected in his stead. There might be a few boys in

ng feast. As all preparations had been made for this trip up into the wilderness many miles above th

s mates and not always in a fashion to add to their peace of mind, either. On more than one occasion in the past they had

testing out. Theory might be all very well, but when it came to practice there was generally a screw loose

ave taken hold of his mind to a greater extent than any previous effort had ever done. Hi

same time he managed to interest Hugh to such an extent that the other promised to go off with him during the few days of grace gra

t in itself spoke volumes for the grit and determination of the two lads. Few bo

at this very moment he was stretched out at full length on the sofa in his den at home, trying to figu

culated to prove their worth as scouts, and, taken on the whole, it will be admitted that in most cases the boys carried off the honors. In the Wolf patrol, as well as among the Otters, Hawks, and Fox

coat. It had frozen quite hard for several nights previous, and some of the town boys had cherished vague hopes that there might be ice for the Thanksgiving holidays, a custom that used to prevail years before, according to the acc

. Had they searched high and low it is doubtful whether they c

on. In selecting this place for their little outing, Bud had probably figured that the chances of their being disturbed or spied upon by any of the curious town boys would

horizon, but now it took a sudden dip

ashamed to leave us in the dark? This place has all grown up since I was

y when they could not be changed. "Right now I'm beginning to recognize some familiar things around us. There is that chestnut that has thrown

h! look at that rabbit spin out of that brush pile! He's on the jump, let me tell you! Hugh, I'm beginning to recognize some things around here, too, that I remember must have been close to the shack. There's t

ack lies just back of that screen of trees and bushes, anyway," Hugh remarked, as he turned

ited their packs on the hard ground and were kneeling at the rim of the little basin where the clear water,

g down and sucking in great quantities of water, without knowing what impurities may be swallowed. Some scouts on their tramps eve

very first thing we ought to attend to is getting a supply of wood indoors, so as to make the old shanty feel comfortable. I never think of a camp without seeing a c

s always were to get plenty of fuel ready long before night came. Then you know a fire stands for grub time,

omelette!' I had half a notion to ask Billy to come along with us on this trip, but somehow I hated to think of the fun he'd poke at me in case my wonderful invention turned out to be a fizzle, like so many of them have in the past. I knew you wouldn't give me aw

knew that they would speedily discover the long deserted shack there among the second growth thicket of young trees.

that? After we've come all the way up here just to keep to ourselves, then to find somebody campi