Great Hike; or, The Pride of the Khaki Troop
n at each other. Plainly they could not unde
et just where you left
disappeared!" said the scout leader, with
ody's swiped it!" ejaculated Toby, h
ingle trace of the fine motorcycle, he began "barki
of the traveler on the highway falling among thieves. My stars, Elmer, now wh
d out," replied Elmer, setting his teet
ar a tree, against which he evidently had leaned the motorcycle
arked Nat, as he watched the mysterious
nd what he's doing easy en
ke put me wise, won't
got away with his machine while he was working w
you're born. And don't I just hope he gets on to him! Ho
hat he immediately moved into the woods; and they were compelled to trun
won't think to smash the thing when he finds
he had learned when on that ranch in the Canadian Northwest were undoubtedly coming in "pat"
Nat, as he pushed his motorcycle through the scru
t; but all the same I can give a pr
I'm all in the dark and up
who was struggling manfully to rush his heavy wheel alo
an them Fairfield chaps that came out here t
n, beginning to conserve
t who, like Lil Artha, was more or less addicted to present-day slang, t
tting his teeth as though even
lmer's out of the running the game is in their hands. But he can have my m
ither," de
e seemed to be devoting himself wholly to the business i
up, and get even with
to take us at our word, and borrow
spurt, and managed to gain enou
hat they were up with him; "but you're away off in your calculations. It isn't one of
s that?" g
low who ran off with my machine," repe
t under the sun would one of our boys want with a motorcycle when,
f our scouts eit
e tell us who it could
of us right now," the scout leader said; "but judging from the fact that hi
mmon tramp!" exclaimed
that making off with Elmer's motorcycle, when he needs it the worst kind to blo
it back, don't you forge
s little of mirth in the sound; for the boy was tremendously arouse
hat I know what's on!" declared Toby, altho
ght now! Look, look
ough the scrub ahead. Undoubtedly it was the party who had run away with Elmer's mot
d to get him, fe
," remarked Nat, as he strained every
to trundle along, suddenly left his chums in the lurch. They
ll get him!"
ours, Mr. Wandering
eat in his manner that hardly became a scout; but then Toby had been a boy long befor
nd make a spurt, so as to be i
mething tells me a machine may come in handy yet, ev
ered, still clinging to his motorcycle. "The
at's wha
ering off on
making a sorter curve all along, like he wan
achine through the scrub any too much, I reckon
you blame him
s head as though he could h
shout for help? Perhaps Elme
l out, or laugh," Nat began, wh
rry along wit
s he tried to add a little mor
r his knee, and is holding
tever would he tell us to bring our machines, if he had the hobo? Tell you what
him with! Oh, I wish I could fly ri
ellow like me, that's up to snuff, don't s
exclaimed Nat, without appearing to take any notice of t
nd all the assistance in his power toward getting the machine he f
possibly believing that its recent re
ad again, after making all that half
eye, which he had no difficulty in making out to be a motorcycle, upon which a ragged specime
the engine!" Toby exclaimed, with sudd
or at least a couple of miles; and the fellow ha
dispose of the tramp in the bushes. To the indignation of Toby and Nat, the latter having also managed to reach t
away sped Elmer, mounted on Toby's old machine, which
smoke, will yo
heart that the pursuing machine might not take a notion to p
ehind him, for Elmer never bothered using the hush pedal, such was his de
bly have done in ten years, as he endeavored to pedal his stolen property at a rate of speed that would take him beyond