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1 Boy Scouts of the Signal Corps. 2 Boy Scouts of Pioneer Camp. 3 Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey. 4 Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew. 5 Boy Scouts on Picket Duty. 6 Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron. 7 Boy Scouts and the Prize Pennant. 8 Boy Scouts of the Naval Reserve. 9 Boy Scouts in the Saddle. 10 Boy Scouts for City Improvement. 11 Boy Scouts in the Great Flood. 12 Boy Scouts of the Field Hospital. 13 Boy Scouts with the Red Cross. 14 Boy Scouts as County Fair Guides. 15 Boy Scouts as Forest Fire Fighters.
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CHAPTER PAGE I. Time Things Began to Mend 5 II. Help Wanted 15 III. “Strike While the Iron Is Hot!” 29 IV. Waiting for the Good News 39 V. Oakvale’s Great Clean-up Day 49 VI. The Promise of a Scout 58 VII. How the “Uplift” Worked 69 VIII. One Use for Woodcraft Knowledge 80 IX. The Goal in Sight 92 X. Benjy’s Suspicious Actions 106 XI. The Revelation 115 XII. Clear Sailing Ahead 124 XIII. Putting the Clamps On 133 XIV. For Home Protection 147
“Yes, and I’m beginning to catch the spring fever. I just feel—well, _torpid_ would describe it. I hate to study, or do any work that requires the least exertion.”
“Hey, Billy, there’s one great exception you’ll have to make when you say that—you’ve never let that torpor interfere with your rapid locomotion when you heard the welcome sound of the dinner bell.”