The Boy Scouts at the Panama-Pacific Exposition

was a firm believer in the uplift of the Boy Scout movement, for he had never failed to assist the Hampton Troop by every means possible. That he would go so f

d as he surveyed first the boys

but an ordinary errand I wouldna hesitate a single instant aboot entrusting it to them. But I ha'e to consider well before makin' up me mind. The property belangs to ithers than mesil', ye ken; and it

b Blake, and a couple of his friends," said the judge, smiling, and shaking

d the scientist, "for I must confess that from the verra beginni

he and several chums had made to the troubled republic of Mexico, and how they had cleverly mana

zone of the contending armies, managing with consummate skill to avoid complications, and eventually

inia in the time of Sir Walter Raleigh, and was therefore a strictly American product. Now and then he would let his shrewd eyes roam from the face of the

of the suspense; he had had a glorious prospect opened up before

here Rob, and some of his chums into the bargain, did things that would be counted big under ordinary conditions. Why, it has come to that pass in Hampton nowadays

that recommendation I am strongly disposed to offer them the carrying o

hat the idea, Professor McEwen?" asked the judge, who looked as happy as though he had discovered some

bility from his own shoulders to those of Rob and his chum. "The particulars can be gone over a little later, either to-night, if they care to see m

he wished to settle the matter in such a fashion that there could be no drawing back on

er his features. His father owned a livery stable in Hampton, but was not considered at all well-to-do, so that the boy had never been able to do more than

to us, Professor McEwen?" Rob asked bluntly,

ins here, whose opinion carries great weight wi' me, I am mair than pleased to offer to stand all the cost of a trip to California and back; as well as the expense whic

ng ability to look out for themselves that I really believe Rob's parents would not object if he wanted to go to hunt for

man of science, whose name, Rob afterward learned, was known throughout the whole length and br

ht on the spot, subject to the reservation that our parents may have the final deciding of the matter. We will run over here by

messengers so soon after the necessity arose. I shall look for ye then this same evening; and I hope that there may be no barrier thrown in the way o

d mind, the thoughtful scientist had not forgotten Captain Jerry; and the boys were entrusted with a message to him to the

e; and when Rob delivered the message of the professor, the look of concern o

abbering to each other in connection with the astonish

ared for the fourth time. "Please give me a

somewhat uncertain himself at times, and had to convince himself that it

d, that Professor McEwen was aboard the same; then he tossed that lighted match the wrong way, so instead of going overboard it fell down and slipped between the bars of the wooden grating into the oil-co

ovetail in with each other," Rob explained. "In this case it worked perfectly. All

r inventor chum and fellow scout, Hiram Nelson, the queerest fellow in the Eagle Patrol. He must want us

at Hiram has been talking to me several times lately about some wonderful secret he was carrying around with him. He said he hoped to be in a positi

for a minute. Look at him dancing around, Rob! I suppose now he's gone and invented some sort of contraption that never can be made to work, and he wants to tell you he's save

e wreathed in such broad smiles that they could easily see his news was of a pleasant nature. "Three times Hiram has tried to go up in that a?roplane

in readiness to take charge of his launch and pole it along the border

and the two of them advanced toward the spot where Hiram awaited their coming, hi