The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico

tty near all in!" called out the man

e big officers in blue, not to speak of four stalwart lads dressed in scout uniforms, must have convinced him that he had really run to the end of his rope; a

e we, Con?" remarked

saw the drawn look on his face. "Just gimme half a chance, and I'll drop down out of this. It ain't the

on police force said, as he stepped for

ed to it; because his consideration for a suffering wretch, even

as compelled to grit his teeth savagely together, as though trying his best not to show signs of weakness. Yes, Con was a man of more than ordin

t this poor fellow's leg, and see if you can't do something in an emergency to ease the p

aving the patrol leader show such confidence in him as to turn over this duty to his charge. As a rule Rob

rk to tackle his job with the assurance of an experienced physician or surgeon. As for the injured m

d leg, and gasped as he turned his head away. Andy kept on staring as though fascinated; but at the same time had a

he proceeded to manipulate the limb of the man, he cert

her. "Because I have an idea the leg may not be broken after all, but

tally gave Merritt credit for knowing all about "fir

it so by walking and running that I'm afraid you're going to have a bad time with that leg. But I'll put something on that will

who had been listening to all Merritt said, as well as watching his

n see now what the scouts learn. You are not the first man wh

uld not understand how mere boys could master the art of handling a bad wo

oing?" asked T

until Andy had taken a hint, and scraped enough dead leaves together to

there, waiting until the fire had attained sufficient size to allow his moving off, that possibly the other rascal might not have run much further, as they would surely have ca

hand torch proceeded to find the tracks of the sec

oy's former deduction, to the effect that no one could push on through all this matted growth without

d leg of the man, and the fellow frankly told

r surgeon in so many words, Merritt could easily trace gratitude in the tone of his voice. However, the young

ay, Chief, didn't

red the big man, chuckling, as though vastly amused over the

eries of loud "k-r-e-e-es" from the direction wher

a tremor at the thought of new d

else calling out, too, and it's a gruff voice, boys. I wonder, now, if

ity he would never dream of attempting further flight. And Merritt did not feel like being cheated ou

was found to be pretty hard work pushing through all that dense mass of ground vines, bushes,

et for the space of three seconds; so that ever afterward Tubby was fond of saying that he knew from actua

ich, besides spoken words, seemed to consist of the swishing of hurtling stones or clubs,

ch toward them for just the space of a second; and

f you, boys! Better look

ded Merritt, as he heard some object strike with a h

iding back of a fairly large tree-trunk not five feet away. As he s

s needed to tell the boys that this must be the shorter one of the precious pair of rogues w

re stones or fragments of broken limbs with which to bombard the pa

me time dodging behind a convenient tree, when he saw the man proceed to hurl a stone in

rt of frog made of the roots of a bush, and after that got so twisted up in the vines that if he was promised a thousand dollars for doing it, he just couldn't break away. I flashed the light on him, you see, where

!" remarked the big officer, as he started toward the spot where the baffled fugitive crouched, looking

im and ordered him to hold out his hands. And when there came a sharp "click" that made Tubby wince, they knew that

the end this was accomplished; and upon returning to where the little fire still burned, they found the wounded