{"product_id":"2940013938601","title":"The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire","description":"CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA HALT BY THE ROADSIDE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tara--tara!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLoud and clear sounded the notes of a bugle, blown by a very stout lad,\u003cbr\u003eclad in a new suit of khaki; and who was one of a bunch of Boy Scouts\u003cbr\u003etramping wearily along a dusty road.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Good for you, Bumpus! Can't he just make that horn talk, though?\" cried\u003cbr\u003eone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sounds as sweet as the church bell at home, fellows!\" declared a\u003cbr\u003esecond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Say, Mr. Scout-Master, does that mean a halt for grub?\" a third called\u003cbr\u003eout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sure, Giraffe. Brace up old fellow. You'll have your jaws working right\u003cbr\u003esoon, now. And here's a dandy little spring, right among the trees! How\u003cbr\u003eshady and cool it looks, Thad.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That's why we kept on for an hour after noon,\" remarked the boy called\u003cbr\u003eThad, and who seemed to be a person of some authority; \"when all you\u003cbr\u003escouts wanted to stop and rest. You see Davy, Allan here, and myself\u003cbr\u003emade a note of that same spring the other day, when we came along on\u003cbr\u003ehorseback, spying out the lay of the land.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, now,\" remarked the boy called Davy, as he threw himself down to\u003cbr\u003estretch; \"that's what our instruction book says,--a true scout always\u003cbr\u003ehas his eyes and ears open to see and hear everything. The more things\u003cbr\u003eyou can remember in a store window, after only a minute to look, the\u003cbr\u003efurther up you are, see?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe boy called Thad not only wore a rather seedy and faded scout khaki\u003cbr\u003euniform; while those of all his comrades were almost brand new; but he\u003cbr\u003ehad several merit badges fastened on the left side of his soft shirt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese things would indicate that Thad Brewster must have been connected\u003cbr\u003ewith some patrol, or troop of Boy Scouts, in the town where he formerly\u003cbr\u003elived before his father, dying, left him in charge of the queer old\u003cbr\u003ebachelor uncle who was known far and wide among the boys of Scranton as\u003cbr\u003eplain \"Daddy Brewster\"--nobody ever understood why, save that he just\u003cbr\u003eloved all manner of young people.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152700621040,"sku":"2940013938601","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013938601_p0.jpg?v=1763601787","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013938601","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}