The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico

hind them, and entered among the bushes an

any of them felt afraid in the least; but as they were unarmed, save for the various clubs t

municative mood, it was possible to put th

style. Nothing could have been finer for the purpose, he quickly concluded, and made up

he fleeing men. On the whole, Rob would have called that job something of a snap; for neither of the fugitives seemed to have once thoug

ragged his injured leg after him; and in this way he managed to leave a

ock; and here the tracker was compelled to be more careful in order that he might no

wound up that he just could not keep quiet any longer. "Isn't he sho

agle Patrol, had a certain amount of authority invested in him that the rest of

x, isn't he?" persisted Tubby, who was hard to

first time Rob has made grown men sit up and take

b will unravel it in double-quick

d" Tubby, for the latter had nothing more to say just then; but

s of the ground. He had held up a hand in order to warn the three officers not to stum

conformation of things which way the two fleeing men might have chosen as they pushed forward in the semi-darkness. In other words, Rob was applyin

eyes of two sorely pressed fellows, one of whom could hardly drag himself along, fo

rear caught a queer little sound, not unlike the fa

Tubby excitedly, though he did manage to kee

gles that told he had found what he was

up on your talking. Understand?" w

ter him, doubtless with renewed confidence in his ability to lead them. If either of those men who accompanied the Chief on this mission had been i

ld never have been able to follow the trail of the fleeing rascals for five rods,

w turning to one side, and then to the other, just as the parties he tracked had chanced to move in

enuine thrill of admiration for Rob's skill. Once again were the Eagles proving their worth in an emerge

dy suddenly, "wha

f time, because apparently they had not as yet

to me," ventured Tubby, as

le stream of some kind, I guess. Seems to me I remember

as not the two men wanted to get a drink right bad. They ran s

ing that way; let's mov

the little streamlet that gurgled through the underbrush; and Rob showed by mea

ey heard Rob give a little exclamation tha

derstanding from the manner in which the clever scout h

thought up to now, Chief," Rob remarked with a long breath, as he r

ould speak; for slow in his movements though the fat youth might

drink," replied the obliging patrol leader, always ready to post his c

e marks easy," Andy

his knees and the toes of his shoes doesn't measure nearly as much as this other does. And look

remarked the Chief, undoubtedly deeply i

en he lay down to drink, you'll find a stain that tells a story of its own!"

y, in an awed tone. "Why, it's a

ld have known about. That Con has got plenty of nerve to keep going all this time

ven if the other man gets away," Rob observed; and so much confidence had the big officer learned

t's get a move on again, a

en wondering what sort of reception they would receive when they f

raided an old scare-crow that had been left in a field, and managed to change clothes with the dummy after a fashion, for they wanted to pose as

ft the little streamlet. He seemed to be as keen on the scent as a rabbit hound, only he went ab

n I saw a little twig right itself under my very eyes, showing it must have been stepped on only a

id he? And no aeroplane could dodge down in all this brush to carry h

k at the place where the trail of the man who

e glow of his electric torch up

fork of the tree!" exclaimed Tubby,

ndicated. Rob had undoubtedly run one of the fugitives down; and hearing them coming through the

e pursuing party, and that the sudden ending of his tracks was bound to caus