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112 XVII. “Tip-Ups” for Pickerel   119 XVIII. The Helping Hand of a Scout   126 XIX. News of Big Game   134 XX. At the Beaver Pond   141 XXI. Setting the Flashlight Trap   149 XXII. Waylaid in the Timber   157 XXIII. The Blizzard   165 XXIV. The Duty of the Scout   172 XXV. Among the Snowdrifts   180 XXVI. Dug Out   187 XXVII. “First Aid”   194 XXVIII. More Startling News   202 XXIX. The Wild Dog Pack   211 XXX. A Change of Plans   219 XXXI. Good-Bye to Deer Head Lodge   227 XXXII. The Capture of the Hobo Yeggmen   235 XXXIII. Conclusion   243

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PREFACE

Dear Boys:—

Once more it is my privilege to offer you a new volume wherein I have endeavored to relate further interesting adventures in which the members of Stanhope Troop of Boy Scouts take part. Most of my readers, I feel sure, remember Paul, Jud, Bobolink, Jack and many of the other characters, and will gladly greet them as old friends.

To such of you who may be making the acquaintance of these manly young chaps for the first time I can only say this. I trust your interest in their various doings along the line of scoutcraft will be strong enough to induce you to secure the previous volumes in this series in order to learn at first hand of the numerous achievements they have placed to their credit.

The boys comprising the original Red Fox Patrol won the beautiful banner they own in open competition with other rival organizations. From that day, now far in the past, Stanhope Troop has been known as the Banner Boy Scouts. Its possession .gn +1 has always served as an inspiration to Paul and his many staunch comrades. Every time they see its silken folds unfurled at the head of their growing marching line they feel like renewing the vows to which they so willingly subscribed on first joining the organization.

Many of their number, too, are this day proudly wearing on their chests the medals they have won through study, observation, service, thrift, or acts of heroism, such as