The Boy Scouts on a Submarine

her knitting and slowly walked around the house. The barking of the three big dogs had been on a jo

d dear," he cried. "Three

she cried. "Do you really mean

coming into his face and manner. "I know now that it is

her by the arm and led him t

she ordered gently. "I wan

I had done; how I happened on a partial combination when I was analyzing something for the office. I told them that I had worked it out further and further, and that finally

ou see, sis, my invention is far reaching than anything yet known. It puts out thousands of men with the contents of one grenade, and sinks them into such a deep sleep that they are absolu

ingwell spoke up. You know what a good sport he is. He said, 'Well, fellows, there may be a lot to this. I have a couple of hundred cows out Marcellus w

was that he thought the stuff wouldn't work at all in the open. Anyway

d, and threw with all my might. It struck a stone and broke and right quick a couple of cows close to the grenade sort of crumpled up and laid down, and some more,

ful; too wonderf

ther, "that it is so simple and so che

sked the business-like El

ld is here in my coat pocket." He patted

call that awfully careless! I do trul

dogs. "I have it in my head anyhow. Come on, hon; I'm dead tired. Let's fo

ly to the carriage. Putting his wheel on its rack, he hustled into the kitchen where Elinor, prettier tha

o call Lester. I think I left him about an hour ago, and he has bee

stling loudly, went through the house and slammed the screen d

dren. Elinor was thinking of the dear little mother who had passed away, and wishing that she could be with them at a time when Lester was to know the greatest pride of his life. Supper was on, and she stood by the table thinking tenderly. Then she frowned. She was

s. Then shriek after shriek split the air, and the girl sped to the front door, dashed it open, snapping on the porch light as she passed the switch in the hall. She gaine

his forehead the blood oozed slowly. Beside him, her head on his breast, his Beatrice, his special pet. Sh

, his eyes wil

dead! Les is dead

ear on his heart, th

ietly. "Les is living. We will

ittle mother had lain so long before she had passed away into rest. Other hands, just as gentle, carried the dead body of little Beatrice around to the

rses slipped silently into the house; detectives appeared, roped the curious people out of the grounds, and raked the place for

-a war device; and the board of directors at the works tried it out this afternoon. The formula was in Lester's coat pocket-the only formula there is. I know it was there,

n his coat pocke

rmula i

have a reason for the deed now, and one clew to act on." He opened his hand and showed

hat is an unusual pattern. You have a lot of extra help he

her head. "Ne

wears it has the formula. And it won't take long to run down a man who owns a

er?" asked the

rate. In the meantime, we can't wait. You see this business of the formula puts things on a different basis. I will have to get the government secret service men here as soon as I possibly can. It is a national aff

. Then when mother died, why, of course she stayed. She is all alone in the world. She has or had a son, but he disappeared a good while ago. He was a very bad boy. Th

e detective. "Well, I'll get alon

ch pillar as the detective crunched briskly down the gravel path. A g

!" she heard a voi

g the road bo

got a right to go long it? What you pinchin' me for, anyhow? I ain't full

mething for you to chew on for a while. Hold the flash, Dennis. Look here, you! See that piece of cloth? It just

tell Aunt Ann that the man had been caught. Wugs with a couple of smaller scouts came up. Wugs followed his s

twins painfully alike in thought, word and deed as well as size and looks. They sat side by

coat," said Beans.

o just alike. Kind o'queer, loud pattern. And funny buttons. You know that ma

me. "But the man we passed in the road didn't look like the murderer, d

ut they got the real one all right o

greed Beany. "But s

ought t

same store like as not. Don't butt in with f