The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico

pated storm had not come up the coast, and it seemed as though he might manage

salt is taught to do, when a cheery whistle from without announced the coming of Merritt. As it had been arran

asked Rob, as he swallowed his hot coffee in such

"the wind has shifted quite a lot, and once we sta

kon you'll spend much time fixing

place held out all that time before working loose, I can fill up the hole with a fresh piece

er on, I see, Rob. You'll need it, and then some, on the boat, with this

derstand," Rob rejoined, as he picked it

ailboat had been left. And, as there had been no unusually strong wind from a quarter that would bring the seas into the litt

by the white nag; and, as they swung past the identical birch tree that marked the spot where th

but I'll remember that one and all that happened to us around here. But that

'll find that it lies where that bush stands that h

urred to me to take any notice of what the side of the road looked like when we came out on it. I seemed to think that, because I knew that cove so well, I c

pushed the wheels ahead of them while passing along what seemed to be a trail leading toward the shore;

the stern of the boat. This Merritt proceeded to do with a small pail Rob had brought along, while the other boy whittled a stick of white pine unt

per water, they soon had the sail up, and were buffeting the waves. Of course they lost ground until the centerb

d wave until, some two hours after starting, they managed to run i

inted out to where the white-caps were rushing furiously along b

were booming along. But then we had our hands full managing things, and couldn't do much looking around, could we? I'm glad it's all over. Listen to the win

y d

ithout good cause, for there had never been such a wicked gale along the

from one house to another, clad in waterproofs, their heads covered with rubber capes s

ing all manner of serious damage along the South Shore, where

t over to the Blake home. He was just in time to catch up with Tubby and An

corporal of the Eagles came up, after being compelled to duc

t that boat home; because if she's up in that cove still there won't be two sticks of her left fastened together. Why, th

m; "and chances are she's O. K. now. Hello! Rob, we thought we'd

ard that the poor old Academy got caug

hrew up his han

aze that let us out of school long enough for some of you

, so that the rain beat in, and played hob with everything! The Academy is next door to a ruin right now. It begins to loo

t seem to feel particularly sorry. Indeed, as soon as he coul

I say, 'Hooray for everybody.' Oh! say, tell me about that, won't you? It sounds too good to be true, Rob! Are you dead sure that that accommodating new roof went sailing away? And did it land two hundred yards of

his joy; "we've just seen it pour the worst ever. If an inch fell on poor old Hampton, I'd say there w

ll us all about him, won't you? He must be some traveler; because I heard you say once he'd just be

uth America, where no white man had ever been before; and has a whole raft of strange plants, birds, butterflies and what-not named after him. He settled down in Mexico some years ago, and got together quite a respectable lot of prize catt

im. He wanted to do something big over there before he found himself too old, he says. Anyway, he put his ranch in charge of

st thing he heard was that there were hot times all around where his prize ranch was located; and also that if his bunch of cattle worth a fortune hadn't been confiscated yet, they'd soon

ularly you, Rob, and Merritt, here; and he told me again last night that if only it might be fixed so you could go along-yes, and you, too, Andy, don't think I'd leave you out of this deal-he'd hand the whole business over to me to handle. And let me tell you, it looks like things might be shaping that way right now, when you give me to understand, Rob, that the Academy is a wreck, and that t

things that he wanted explained before he cou