The Boy Scout Automobilists; Or, Jack Danby in the Woods

His case was not hopeless yet, by any means, since, as the attacking force, the Blue army had been the stronger to begin with, because the War Depa

ontending armies, and General Harkness, who threw a cavalry brigade into Bremerton within three hours of the timely warning Jack sent

ements were in order. With Bremerton as his centre, General Harkness and his army lay directly across the line of the Blue advance, already across t

eneral Bliss would force the Red army immediately to fall back and occupy the defenses of the capital city itself, since the railroad would enable him to cut off its supplies and advance his troops against it with great sp

f the commanders had involved the rapid movement of considerable bodies of troops. As a result, the troops on both sides were nearly exhausted. In the first place, they did not have the stamina that is the portion

articular must be about ready to drop. I never saw troops worked harder. They've done mighty well, and, while there won't be any formal arrangement to that effect, I suppose, I guess that both generals will

all hotel of the town. He was exceedingly busy with his plans. General Bean had come in from the lines facing the enemy, who had been forced, reluctantly enough, to shift their base of attack, so that Newville was the focus of

worked out about now," said Durland, glancing over toward the tent of General Ha

earing a call inside, answered it, and a few seconds later went off. He returned presently with a

he cried, "it's my old friend the Scout-Master, isn't it?

eally you? I'm glad to se

eir days at Eagle Lake, and of the time when they had turned out in the woods at night t

tain Durland, you're wanted in the General's tent. I went there to

hing else to do for the time, began to exc

im Burroughs, "but somehow I didn't have any idea that it was a Boy Scout they were talking of. But I might have gues

" said Jack. "You always try to make out that I do more th

e pretty level-headed, young man. By the way, I heard you had

ringing up a painful subject. B

heard about how Jack broke up the plot to wreck the train

no

fterward, we found that he was really after Jack. You know all ab

al name and who his mother and father were. You're sti

face lighting up at the thought

Jack was the one he was looking for, or we don't know what he'd have done. So he had a double reason to be after him, though

ing against himself, witho

leman, whose name was Burton, was looking for a boy, his brother's son, who was kidnaped when he was a baby. We think it may be Jack, and we're

ty interesting! Was that how

r. Durland and Dick Crawford, went out to rescue the Burtons, who had been left on their yacht, and when we got back some of us caught Broom and a friend of his. But they were rescued afterward by the sa

u found out yet whether they're reall

sea and the wind for a long time that night, you see, and as soon as he could be moved, he w

," said Jack, breaking in. "I think

, though," said red-headed Pete Stubbs

ard the conversation that had preceded Pe

d like everyone else?" asked Dick, u

that a certain beautiful young lady has charmed you-the o

e in attempting to deny the charge. He seized Pete Stub

ou red-headed rascal!" he cried, but there was no malice in his

" protested Pete. "Let go of me, Dick! If

the goods. It's nothing to be ashamed of-we all do it, sooner or later, you know

rift away, and Dick and Ji

y Jack's been pursued by thi

y me, Dick. We mustn't let a

em, after all, when it came to the point. They were mighty determined. I think myself that they know who he is, although Jack himself and some of the others don't. But my idea is that there is a very q

think that Jack is the boy they're looking for

h made it impossible for us to discover certain things which would probably have made matters clear, we both agree that it

y, Dick, you

her. I'm crazy about her, and I don't care who kn

ve any use for me, but we're engaged, and we're going to be married in a few months. Never

r some time yet, I'm afraid. And I've got to wait until I'm doing better tha

od. The more you think about it, the harder you'll work and the better y

Captain Durland, and the other officers see

I'll leave you to find out