Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds; Or, The Signal from the Hills

asked Tommy as George, in pursuit o

hat caused him to let out a

ust thought he'd give us a good scare by pretending he'

of the tent, and finally Tommy came to the p

hole in the t

inspected the interior of the tent, and looked at each other

aught a man here lo

sappeared so sudd

ing the Peeping T

trouble, chasing off into the forest along in the night. He should have told us of h

headway out there in the underbrush, and the fellow who was here wil

o!" answe

y. "That must have been the same fellow we heard using the paddle

boy," Will broke in. "

y to be lost in in the night!" Tommy adm

asked Sandy. "Do you think he's doing it out of curiosity,

ne away off up here k

s God?" dem

avity in the toy is a will disposing of several million dollars worth of property. The Little Brass God is fin

statement," a

the previous will, both know of the final disposition of the Little Brass God. At least, Frederick Tupper knows that i

both know about i

hey both send people

s God?" Wil

anything about the will being in the bell

oes know all abo

hired a burglar to go and steal

nto this: If the really, truly burglar stole the toy and sold it to the pawn-broker, the will is in the ugly little chap's belly. If Sigsbee hired the burglar he took the will out before the tri

ommy exclaimed. "According to all accounts, he should have come sneaking into camp looking for a drink

ing to do?" demanded

est long enough to m

or

ing until morning,

ow we can't?"

ause we know nothing about

it began to snow they reluctantly decided that George had crawled into some temporary s

u hear me firing how and then, don't think the camp's been attacked. George ma

one that before,"

l urged, "and I'll run

which stood nearest to the great campf

ill stay in camp until

ait until we're asleep, and then he'll go pr

t about wha

idea, then?

the snow somewhere, and it won't take us very l

et out under the back wall, and take

at the tent preparatory to going out on his quiet search

he chuckled. "They'

ness traveling in the narrow light provided by the electrics. By this tim

lose sight of the campfire," Tommy said as the

"So I guess we'd better be poki

right over there!" re

d Sandy, with a note

eclared Tommy, sitting

made little excursions in every direction w

ne and done it no

way back all right en

hen we left the

ed Tommy, his teeth r

e wind and we'll strike the tents. That's

ack to camp or not," replied Tommy. "If it does

e doubtless returned to the lighted zone by keeping with the wind, if the

act, more than once they glanced about hoping to get

ht again," grumbled Sandy, "and I move

ire in all this r

"What are we Boy Scouts good for i

hielding the flickering blaze as much as possible, the boy applied the match he ha

es in length. His fire was now as large as an ordinary kettle. Next, the boys thre

d their hands over the blaze, "there won't any wild animal

'll go out in the thicket after I get warm and see if he isn't somewhere

f some one called, we're likely t

came again as the boys

wind and seemed to be

like a boy's voic

a half-breed to me

on, anyway." Sandy

led down in the sn

tter be getting out wh

into the darkness, listening for the call