BY
SCOUT MASTER ROBERT SHALER
AUTHOR OF “BOY SCOUTS OF THE SIGNAL CORPS,” “BOY SCOUTS OFPIONEER CAMP,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,” “BOYSCOUTS OF THE LIFE SAVING CREW,” “BOY SCOUTS ON PICKETDUTY,” “BOY SCOUTS OF THE FLYING SQUADRON,” “BOYSCOUTS AND THE PRIZE PENNANT,” “BOY SCOUTS OFTHE NAVAL RESERVE,” “BOY SCOUTS IN THE SADDLE,”“BOY SCOUTS FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT,” “BOYSCOUTS IN THE GREAT FLOOD,” “BOY SCOUTSOF THE FIELD HOSPITAL,” “BOY SCOUTSAS COUNTY FAIR GUIDES,” “BOYSCOUTS AS FOREST FIRE FIGHTERS,”ETC.
NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1915,
BY
HURST & COMPANY
“It’s going to be all right now, fellows!”
“Well, for one I’m glad to be relieved fromthese onerous duties, as sure as my name’sBilly Worth!”
“Listen to Billy talk, just as if the wholeburden had been resting on his shoulders,when everybody knows Arthur Cameron andour efficient scout master, Hugh Hardin, havedone about all the tough work!”
“That’s right, Alec, but it’s made me tiredwatching them hurrying from one patient toanother. Then again, mebbe it’s partly becauseI’m not used to being in a field hospitalanyway, and my nerves are getting shaky underthe terrific strain.”
“Have it as you will, boys, but just the sameevery one of us is happy to see that Red Crossambulance coming down the road from Farmingdale.”
“Let’s give them three cheers, Hugh!”
Six well-battered campaign hats, such asBoy Scouts almost invariably delight in wearing,were waved energetically in the air, andas many pairs of lusty young lungs roared outa salv