The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico

ll right, Chief!" one

e was staring very hard at the three scouts who sat there on the seat of the wagon. Ther

e man who had advanced to the other side of the wagon

the others had called "Chief." As he pushed still closer to the wagon he w

dly blame us for having our breath taken away on being held up so su

ieving that he could nip lots of impending trouble in the bud by letting boys know that he was interested in all they did, and ready to prove himself their best friend. "You see, we've been 'phoned that a

old you about, Chief," Rob went on to say; while the other

erybody know that he was in the affair, if he didn'

hat broke jail limped like he had a bad leg or a sprained a

mention the fact to you, but the truth is the taller man of the two did have a bad fall when he broke out, an

a bushel of select oysters from old Cap. Jenkins over at his beds; and on the way home we had the misfortune to spring a leak, so

, believe me," Tubby volunteered just then; after which he aga

orse and wagon coming after us, and one of the two men aboard was whipping the poor beast dreadfully. Well, we lined up, and as soon as they came along all of us stepped out to ask if we could have a lift as

hat it, Rob?" asked the of

inds the men must have stolen the rig, and were badly frightened by the sight of our scout uniforms, thinking we might be soldiers meaning to arrest them. And after we had waited a little while, thinking they might come

t us ride to town in

me, why, take the rig and leave it in front of my office. But if you could put us in the way of nabbing that pair of escaped rogues

e there, Chief!" Rob

could!" added A

r trail, Chief; because, you understand, scouts are supposed to know more or less about such things. Woodcraft comes under the head of a scout's educ

of the wagon by figuring out just how long he must wait until he could hope to find himself seated at the supper t

f the Eagle Patrol; "and if you will wait till we tur

side of the road, and faced the animal in

at he was going to have company. The Chief and one of his men occupied the seat, along with the scout who was doin

cently gone over. Of course the Chief had a dozen questions to ask in connec

on!'" Rob told him. "But they made up for it by doing some tall sprinting

se, don't you know, one of the rascals went by the name of Con Keating. And if the taller of the pair has a broken leg, why we ought to be able

hadn't we, Rob?" asked Merritt, who was straining his eyes tryin

e of the other scouts knew he had been keeping tabs of the conditions, and could tell to a fr

ob was perfectly correct; because Merri

ite birch bending over. We made it a point to mark the place, thinking that

se Scouts during the few months he had been in charge of the Hampton police had caused the Chief to ent

ere the white slender birch could b

y to find a piece of lightwood to make a

hief; "because I've got something along with me th

torch," Tubby ventured to remark. "

torch, like a gun, is the kind of thing t

I had known we would get that hole in the boat, have a horse and wagon shoved on us this way, and be

done the first thing? Why, told Rob about that old plug in the bottom of his boat, and seen to it that it was

t to his voice; "all I can remark is that we would have

ar by; so that in case they found the animal there on their return, after striving to locate

the current was switched on, he told Rob that he had better take possession of the light, as he would really be the one to need it. As for himself and his

oys of the Eagle Patrol. Here was an opportunity to make a test of their knowledge. If they proved equal to the task of finding those two men who w

n his power in order to come up with the fugitives, that the young leader of the Eagles accepted that handy elec

and Andy making sure to keep well in the rear, so tha