Sancaklı İzciler Suda; ya da, Sedir Adası'nın Sırrı - The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat; or, The Secret of Cedar Island

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The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat

OR

The Secret of Cedar Island

By GEORGE A. WARREN

1913

CHAPTER

I THE MYSTERIOUS BOXES

II GLORIOUS NEWS

III FOR CEDAR ISLAND—GHOST OR NO GHOST

IV LAYING IN THE STORES

V JUST AFTER THE CLOCK STRUCK TEN

VI THE GREAT CRUISE OF THE SCOUTS BEGUN

VII STUCK FAST IN THE MUD

VIII WHAT THE WATER GAUGE SHOWED

IX ON THE SWIFT RADWAY

X DODGING THE SNAGS AND THE SNARES

XI THE CAMP ON CEDAR ISLAND

XII WAS IT A BURSTING METEOR?

XIII THE FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND

XIV TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT

XV ORDERED OFF

XVI UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS

XVII PITCHING TENTS IN THE "SINK"

XVIII WHAT LAY IN THE BRUSH

XIX LAYING PLANS

XX THE EXPLORING PARTY

XXI A MYSTERY OF THE OPEN GLADE

XXII THE WIGWAG MESSAGE

XXIII STILL FLOUNDERING IN THE MIRE

XXIV THE DISCOVERY

XXV TIME TO GO BACK

XXVI HONORABLE SCARS

XXVII ANOTHER THREATENING PERIL

XXVIII PREPARED FOR THE WORST

XXIX LIFTING THE LID

XXX GOOD-BYE TO CEDAR ISLAND

XXXI A SCOUT'S DUTY

XXXII CONCLUSION

PREFACE

Dear Boys:—

It is with the greatest pleasure that I present you with the third volumeof the "Banner Boy Scouts Series." This is a complete story in itself;and yet most of the leading characters you, who have already read thefirst and second volumes, will easily remember. I trust you will heartilywelcome the appearance once more on the stage of Paul, Jack, Bobolink andall the other good fellows belonging to Stanhope Troop of Boy Scouts.

Those of you who are old friends will recollect that while the Red FoxPatrol was forming, the boys had a most strenuous time, what with a deepmystery in their midst, and the bitter strife resulting from theircompetition with rival troops belonging to neighboring towns. How thebeautiful banner was cleverly won by Stanhope, I related in the firstvolume, called: "The Banner Boy Scouts."

In the succeeding story the Stanhope Scouts went on their first longhike, to camp in the open. The remarkable adventures they met withwhile enjoying this experience; as well as the stirring account of howthey recovered a box of valuable papers that had been stolen from theoffice of Joe Clausin's father, form the main theme of "The Banner BoyScouts on a Tour."

And now, in this third book, I have endeavored to interest you in anotherseries of happenings that befell these wide-awake boys before theirsummer vacation was over. I hope you will, after reading this storythrough to the last line, agree with me that what the young assistantscout master, Paul Morrison, and his c

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