Copyright, 1914,
BY
HURST & COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Value of Woodcraft 5

II. The Lesson of the Riven Oak 18

III. Scout Law 32

IV. Getting Convincing Proof 46

V. The Wrecked Balloon 59

VI. Engineering in a Treetop 72

VII. “First Aid to the Injured” 84

VIII. The Value of Strategy 95

IX. Out for a Record 107

X. A Big Count for the Wolf Patrol 121

XI. The Field Tests 134

XII. Victory Well Won 148

Boy Scouts and the Prize Pennant.

CHAPTER I.
THE VALUE OF WOODCRAFT.

“Wasn’t that the far-away hoot of an owljust then, Mr. Scout Master?”

“I wonder if it could be one of those tenderfootrecruits that expect to make up the newOwl patrol of our troop? How about that,Hugh?”

“As you’ve put it up to me straight, Billy,I’ll tell you what I think. It’s out of the questionfor one of those greenhorns to be awayup here in the woods; and it was too deep andheavy to be the call of even a big Virginiahorned owl. If you fellows will take the troubleto look up through the treetops you’ll noticethat there’s a lot of queer flying cloudsracing overhead right now.”

“Whew! do you mean it’s going to storm,Hugh?” demanded the boy who had answeredto the name of Billy. He seemed to be a good-natured,easy-going lad, though just now hisface bore an expression of sudden concern.

“I’m sure that was the distant growl ofthunder we heard,” came the answer fromHugh Hardin, an athletic fellow who had longbeen the leader of the Wolf patrol. Verylately, on the resignation of the assistant scoutmaster of the troop, Hugh had been electedto that office, receiving a certificate from BoyScout Headquarters in New York City thatfully qualified him to serve in place of the realchief should the latter be unable to accompanythe troop.

There were just four of the lads up in thewoods, where they had come to spy out the

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