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Title: The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna

or, The Silver Fox Patrol Caught in a Flood

Author: Herbert Carter

Release Date: May 17, 2014 [eBook #45667]

Language: English

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The Boy Scouts
Along the Susquehanna

OR

The Silver Fox Patrol Caught in a Flood

By HERBERT CARTER

AUTHOR OF
“The Boy Scouts’ First Campfire,” “The Boy Scouts
In the Blue Ridge,” “The Boy Scouts On the
Trail,” “The Boy Scouts In the Maine
Woods,” “The Boy Scouts
Through the Big Timber,”
“The Boy Scouts In
the Rockies,”
Etc. Etc.

Copyright, 1915
By A. L. Burt Company

“CLOSE IN ON ALL SIDES AND KEEP THEM WELL COVERED, BOYS!” SAID THAD. Page 20
—The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Tramp Chase. 3

II. Sighing for Trouble. 15

III. When Bumpus Climbed Over the Fence. 24

IV. Giraffe Admits That the Shoe Fits. 35

V. The Camp in the Haymow. 47

VI. Scouts to the Rescue. 58

VII. On the River Road. 67

VIII. Useful Knowledge. 77

IX. Any Port in a Storm. 88

X. The Deserted Shanty Boat. 96

XI. Adrift on the Flood. 105

XII. Hearts Courageous. 113

XIII. The Island of Hope. 122

XIV. Still Surrounded by Perils. 130

XV. The Return of Giraffe. 138

XVI. What Davy Heard. 147

XVII. Looking for Signs. 156

XVIII. More Serious News. 164

XIX. The Trail of the Marauder. 172

XX. Solving a Mystery. 181

XXI. An Empty Larder. 189

XXII. Drawing the Net. 197

XXIII. The Smoke Clew. 206

XXIV. The Capture. 214

XXV. Forced to Tell. 222

XXVI. The Keepers of the Camp.