CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Two Scouts on a Motorboat 5

II. Prompt Work and a Rescue 17

III. When Luck Came Their Way 29

IV. A Stunning Surprise 41

V. Headed West 53

VI. A False Alarm 65

VII. Across the Continent 77

VIII. A Shock at Los Angeles 89

IX. Turning the Tables on Two Rogues 101

X. Within the Gates of the Fair 113

XI. Rob Delivers the Goods 125

XII. The People of the “Zone” 137

XIII. A Strange Meeting in the Air 149

XIV. Four Scouts in the Whirl 161

XV. Tubby Is Out of His Element 173

XVI. The Illuminated Fairyland 185

XVII. Prying Fingers 197

XVIII. The Thief Under the Bed 209

XIX. An Enemy of the Past 221

XX. Lots of Excitement 233

XXI. The Mad Dog Panic 247

XXII. Taking in the Sights of the Fair 257

XXIII. Hiram Faces the Music 269

XXIV. A Boy Scout’s Triumph 282

XXV. Homeward Bound 293

The Boy Scouts at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition.

CHAPTER I.
TWO SCOUTS ON A MOTORBOAT.

“Seems to me, Rob, I ought to know that old tub of a motorboat we’re overhauling.”

“Why, yes, Andy, it’s Captain Jerry Martin’s Sea Gull. Time was when she had a reputation for speed, but her engine is a back number now.”

“Huh! that must have been away in Noah’s time, I reckon, Rob. Why, we could make circles around her, if we chose to drive our little Tramp to the limit.”

“As we happen to be in no hurry to-day, there’s no use making the old skipper feel that his boat is down and out. With vacation opening up before us, I’ve been trying to settle on some scheme for the scouts of the Eagle Patrol to have a rousing good time this summer.”

“Well, I know where I’d be if I had the cold cash to pay my expenses; and, Rob, chances are you feel the same way about it.”

“Now, I suppose you’re thinking of Tubby Hopkins’ great good luck in having his uncle, Dr. Mark Matthews, the famous globe-trotter, carry him off three days ago for an extended trip to the big show out in California?”

“Just what was on my mind, Rob. I don’t believe I ever wished so much for anything as a chance to hike away out to the Pacific. Nothing comes my way any more, seems like. Some of us scouts were lucky enough to have our turn down in Mexico that time Tubby’s uncle was taken sick, and couldn’t get there to meet his old friend, General Villa, so as to dispose of the cattle on his ranch before they were stolen by the raiding Mexican rival armies. How the rest of the boys envied us that glorious trip, Rob!”

“I admit it was a rare streak of good fortune to have things come our way as they did,” the boy named Rob remarked, as he gave a slight turn to the wheel of the bustling little motorboat, aboard which he and Andy were the sole passengers. “We ran up against quite an interesting bunch of experiences, you remember, Andy, that none of us will ever be