“Back water, fellows,” called out Step Hen;—“What’s up?” asked Giraffe. Page 119. —The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie.

The Boy Scouts
DOWN IN DIXIE

OR

The Strange Secret of Alligator Swamp.

By HERBERT CARTER

Author of
“The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga.”
“The Boy Scouts Through the Big Timber.”
“The Boy Scouts On Sturgeon Island.”
“The Boy Scouts In the Blue Ridge.”
“The Boy Scouts’ First Camp Fire.”
“The Boy Scouts In the Rockies.”
“The Boy Scouts On the Trail.”

Copyright, 1914
By A. L. Burt Company.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Khaki Boys in the Sunny Southland. 3

II. Among the Puzzling Swamp Water Trails. 13

III. Camp-Fare. 23

IV. Some Woods Lore. 32

V. Bumpus on Guard. 40

VI. The Night Prowler. 48

VII. The Heart of a Scout. 57

VIII. Looking Backward. 65

IX. “Combing” the Swamp Labyrinth. 76

X. Was the Mystery Solved? 86

XI. Alligator Smith, the Guide. 95

XII. What a Scout Stands For. 104

XIII. More Trouble All Around. 113

XIV. Swamp Tactics. 119

XV. Still Bumping Bumpus. 127

XVI. Ricky’s Post Office. 138

XVII. The Sheriff’s Round-Up Posse. 148

XVIII. A Surprise. 157

XIX. Joining Forces. 165

XX. The Scouts Show the Way. 173

XXI. On the Trail. 182

XXII. The Man-Trap. 190

XXIII. An Anchor to Windward. 201

XXIV. The Oasis in the Quaking Bog. 211

XXV. Playing “Second Fiddle” to a Boy. 219

XXVI. Polly. 227

XXVII. Mr. Jasper Surprised. 236

XXVIII. The Mystery Solved—Conclusion. 242

THE BOY SCOUTS
DOWN IN DIXIE

CHAPTER I.
KHAKI BOYS IN THE SUNNY SOUTHLAND.

“That’s always the way it goes!”

“Why, what’s the matter with you now, Step Hen; you seem in a peck of trouble?”

“Who wouldn’t be, when some fellow went and hid his hat away? Didn’t you all see me hang the same on this peg sticking out from the trunk of the pine tree, when we-all came ashore to eat lunch; because that’s what I did, as sure as anything?”