{"product_id":"2940013902701","title":"The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I THE MYSTERIOUS BOXES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II GLORIOUS NEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III FOR CEDAR ISLAND--GHOST OR NO GHOST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV LAYING IN THE STORES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V JUST AFTER THE CLOCK STRUCK TEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI THE GREAT CRUISE OF THE SCOUTS BEGUN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII STUCK FAST IN THE MUD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII WHAT THE WATER GAUGE SHOWED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX ON THE SWIFT RADWAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X DODGING THE SNAGS AND THE SNARES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XI THE CAMP ON CEDAR ISLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII WAS IT A BURSTING METEOR?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII THE FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIV TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XV ORDERED OFF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVI UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVII PITCHING TENTS IN THE \"SINK\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVIII WHAT LAY IN THE BRUSH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIX LAYING PLANS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XX THE EXPLORING PARTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXI A MYSTERY OF THE OPEN GLADE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXII THE WIGWAG MESSAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXIII STILL FLOUNDERING IN THE MIRE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV THE DISCOVERY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXV TIME TO GO BACK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI HONORABLE SCARS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXVII ANOTHER THREATENING PERIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII PREPARED FOR THE WORST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX LIFTING THE LID\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXX GOOD-BYE TO CEDAR ISLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI A SCOUT'S DUTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXXII CONCLUSION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDear Boys:--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is with the greatest pleasure that I present you with the third volume\u003cbr\u003eof the \"Banner Boy Scouts Series.\" This is a complete story in itself;\u003cbr\u003eand yet most of the leading characters you, who have already read the\u003cbr\u003efirst and second volumes, will easily remember. I trust you will heartily\u003cbr\u003ewelcome the appearance once more on the stage of Paul, Jack, Bobolink and\u003cbr\u003eall the other good fellows belonging to Stanhope Troop of Boy Scouts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose of you who are old friends will recollect that while the Red Fox\u003cbr\u003ePatrol was forming, the boys had a most strenuous time, what with a deep\u003cbr\u003emystery in their midst, and the bitter strife resulting from their\u003cbr\u003ecompetition with rival troops belonging to neighboring towns. How the\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful banner was cleverly won by Stanhope, I related in the first\u003cbr\u003evolume, called: \"The Banner Boy Scouts.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the succeeding story the Stanhope Scouts went on their first long\u003cbr\u003ehike, to camp in the open. The remarkable adventures they met with\u003cbr\u003ewhile enjoying this experience; as well as the stirring account of how\u003cbr\u003ethey recovered a box of valuable papers that had been stolen from the\u003cbr\u003eoffice of Joe Clausin's father, form the main theme of \"The Banner Boy\u003cbr\u003eScouts on a Tour.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd now, in this third book, I have endeavored to interest you in another\u003cbr\u003eseries of happenings that befell these wide-awake boys before their\u003cbr\u003esummer vacation was over. I hope you will, after reading this story\u003cbr\u003ethrough to the last line, agree with me that what the young assistant\u003cbr\u003escout master, Paul Morrison, and his chums of Stanhope Troop endured\u003cbr\u003ewhile afloat all went to make them better and truer scouts in every sense\u003cbr\u003eof the word.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCordially yours\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE A. WARREN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MYSTERIOUS BOXES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What are you limping for, Bobolink?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh! shucks! I see there's no use trying to hide anything from your sharp\u003cbr\u003eeyes, Jack Stormways. Guess I just about walked my feet off today, goin'\u003cbr\u003efishin' with our patrol leader, away over to the Radway River, and about\u003cbr\u003esix miles up.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Have any luck, Bobolink?\" instantly demanded the third member of the\u003cbr\u003egroup of three half-grown boys, who were passing after nightfall through\u003cbr\u003esome of the partly deserted streets on the outskirts of the thriving town\u003cbr\u003eof Stanhope; and whose name it might be stated was Tom Betts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, I should say, yes. Between us we got seven fine bass, and a\u003cbr\u003epickerel. By the way, I caught that pickerel; Paul, he looked after the\u003cbr\u003ebass end of the string, and like the bully chap he is divided with me;\"\u003cbr\u003eand the boy who limped chuckled as he said this, showing that he could\u003cbr\u003eappreciate a joke, even when it was on himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout everybody in town called him Bobolink; and what boy could do\u003cbr\u003eotherwise, seeing that his real name was Robert O. Link?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the trio of lads were all dressed in the khaki suits known all over\u003cbr\u003ethe world nowadays as typifying Boy Scouts, it could be readily taken for\u003cbr\u003egranted that they belonged to the Stanhope Troop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlready were there three full patrols enlisted, and wearing uniforms;\u003cbr\u003ewhile a fourth was in process of forming. The ones already in the field\u003cbr\u003ewere known as, first, the Red Fox, to which these three lads belonged;\u003cbr\u003ethen the Gray Fox, and finally the Black Fox.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083326636272,"sku":"2940013902701","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013902701_p0.jpg?v=1763601126","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013902701","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}