{"product_id":"2940013902671","title":"The Banner Boy Scouts","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       I A Meeting in the Barn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      II What it Means to be a Boy Scout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     III The Disappearing Coins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      IV The First Scout Leader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       V Checking a Coward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      VI A Strange Suggestion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VII The Trap that Peleg Set\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VIII Turning the Tables\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      IX \"Well Done, My Boy!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       X An Unexpected Offer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XI Caught Napping\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XII The Rival Troops\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIII \"Fire!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIV Jack's Chance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XV The Honor Brand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XVI The Fire Test\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XVII Clearing Skies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVIII Carlo Does His Turn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIX The Warning Over the Wire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XX Such Glorious Luck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXI The Meeting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXII Scouting in Earnest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXIII The Red Car\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXIV A Call for Help\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXV A Camp in the Woods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXVI What Woodcraft Told\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXVII Ted Finds Something\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVIII Forced to Tell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXIX The Capture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXX Found Out at Last\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXXI Well Done, Stanhope Troop!--Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy Dear Boys:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnowing that ninety-nine lads out of every hundred love outdoor life\u003cbr\u003eabove all else, I have taken it upon myself to give you a series of\u003cbr\u003ewhat I hope will prove to be clean, wide-awake, up-to-date stories,\u003cbr\u003efounded upon a subject that is interesting our whole nation--the Boy\u003cbr\u003eScouts of America. You know what a hold this movement has taken upon\u003cbr\u003ethe rising generation of our broad land. There never was anything like\u003cbr\u003eit before--there never may be again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt first many people made the mistake of believing that it was simply a\u003cbr\u003enew military order, and that boys who joined were to be taught the duties\u003cbr\u003eof soldiers, and learned how to fight. They know better now. It is really\u003cbr\u003ethe greatest movement for Peace ever started. Not only that, but the lads\u003cbr\u003ewho belong to this vast organization are taught how to be manly, self\u003cbr\u003ereliant, brave, courteous, kindly and steadfast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen you examine the roster of the officers who have loaned their names\u003cbr\u003eto help along the good cause you will find such honored signatures as\u003cbr\u003ethose of President William Howard Taft, ex-President Theodore Roosevelt,\u003cbr\u003eand many others dear to the hearts of our boys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis glorious field opens up a very tempting opportunity for a series of\u003cbr\u003estirring stories concerning the fortunes of _real_ Boy Scouts, who have\u003cbr\u003egone into the movement heart and soul, with a desire to excel in all they\u003cbr\u003eundertake; and at the same time enjoy themselves hugely. I only hope and\u003cbr\u003etrust that you may be pleased with what you read in this book, about the\u003cbr\u003edoings of the Red Fox Patrol, of Stanhope Troop, and that the story\u003cbr\u003ewill do you much good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYours faithfully,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge A. Warren.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BANNER BOY SCOUTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA MEETING IN THE BARN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"All here now, Paul!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Call the roll, somebody, won't you?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Keep quiet, fellows, please!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shall I strike a match, Paul?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Not on your life, Bobolink. That crowd of Ted Slavin's is out, looking\u003cbr\u003efor us. Somebody must have leaked, or else Ted was tipped off. We've got\u003cbr\u003eto be mighty cautious, I tell you, if we want to give them the slip.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"S-s-say, d-d-don't you k-k-know we've got a fi-fine b-b-barn on our\u003cbr\u003ep-p-place, fellows?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For goodness sake; won't somebody please pound Bluff Shipley on the\u003cbr\u003eback, and make him bite his twisted tongue, so he can talk straight?\"\u003cbr\u003ecried a pleading voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Listen!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere must have been a streak of authority in the tone used by Paul\u003cbr\u003eMorrison when he spoke this last word; every one of the other six boys\u003cbr\u003ecrouched there, craning his neck, and listening to catch the unusual\u003cbr\u003esound that had apparently reached the trained ears of their leader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe woods surrounded the boys on all sides, gloomy, and full of\u003cbr\u003emystifying noises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet Paul knew full well just what every one of the sounds meant. An owl\u003cbr\u003ecalled mournfully to its mate from a hollow tree. Katydids and merry\u003cbr\u003ecrickets added their shrill music to the chorus of that late summer\u003cbr\u003enight. Even a colony of tree frogs solemnly chanted their appeal for\u003cbr\u003e\"more rain.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the day just ended six fellows in the thriving town of Stanhope\u003cbr\u003ehad received urgent telephone calls from Paul, who was an only son of the\u003cbr\u003eleading doctor in the place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd each boy had promised to meet him at the Three Oaks by the time the\u003cbr\u003eclock in the church steeple had struck eight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was even now booming out the hour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the last stroke died away, the most impatient among the gathered\u003cbr\u003eboys moved restlessly.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083326603504,"sku":"2940013902671","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013902671_p0.jpg?v=1763601124","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013902671","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}