The Boy Scout Fire Fighters; Or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed

Dam, and he was taken back to the city by one of the railway detecti

e they'll think there's something wrong with us," he said. "You go o

lucky little comrade, got off the train at Beaver Dam, and rowed across the lak

lcomed wi

bs finally, when they realized, suddenly

rtunate a happening, since, had it not been for Tom's twisted ankle, they would never hav

e," said Jack. "We'll do it the next time, though

ith Scout-Master Durland at the fire, and at Jack's l

ir right to be regarded as First Class Scouts. I don't know that there's any special badge of merit or honor, except the one for lifesaving

, one of the highest officers of the organization, and a man famous all over t

the other's quick nod, he called Jack up to the center of the group around the fire, and pin

Patrols cheered the reward. "We are all proud of you, Danby, and we know that you will never do anything to bring discredit upon your badg

were present crowded up to shake hands with Jack and congratulate him

id. "That's a splendid thing for you, Jack. You can use it t

ll about it for the moment. It will be divided up among Tom Binns, Hudson

thing just because there was a reward, but that's no reason why you shouldn't take it. You helped to capture

en who would dare to try to do a thing like that must be old stagers. No man who was committing his first crime would

wrecked, going at sixty miles an hour or so, as it would have been, if it was late, and

ve been someone to set the blockade for the train, and I don't believe those fellows we caught had time to do everything. They had to put Hudson out of the way, you see, and

ck, in case they try to get even with you for spoiling thei

h it. And, anyhow, I'm not sure there was anyone

ugh you'll be safe enough in the city, I guess, unless some of tho

, than at anyone else that was concerned in the whole job, anyhow. But I'll

be. I am myself, and I hav

ere all asleep in their lean-tos. Jack's sleeping partner, Tom Binns, was not ther

ages that were clustered near the dam, made the night noisy. Those people were late risers and they went to bed late as well. There was a dance at the hotel, and it was we

ing train, he had been powerless to prevent the catastrophe that threatened. And then suddenly, while he was half asleep and half awake, he remembered something tha

ned, after he had seized the chance to give the warning that had saved the train. But they were not the same three. He remembered now, with a sudd

d up in h

loud. "And one of them is free, and able to plan

, his tired body resting with the very act of lying down, he grew gradually more drowsy, and he

etting soon after midnight, so that it was very dark under the trees, though out on the lake, once the shadow of the trees around the shore was passed, the stars gave abundant light. And, because h

one had foreseen the need of any watch on the side of the camp near

er and made his way cautiously, and in roundabout fashion, toward the sleepers. He was big, strong, and massive. His face was concealed, or nearly concealed, by a black mask that hid his eyes and his nose and he walked with the stealthy footsteps of one long used to avoiding detection as he moved about his busi

om a small bottle and poured its contents on the handkerchief. At once a strong, sickly, sweetish smell arose, unhealthy, and unpleasant, in contrast to the strong, fresh smells of the sleeping woods. Holding this handkerchief i

ld not cry out, and in a moment the handkerchief, soaked

imated the watchfulness of the Scout sentries. At the sudden, sharp explosions of the engine as it was started, and the launch backed off the beach, there was a sudden cry from one of the watchers, and in

wakened suddenly from a sound sleep, the Scou

seen only the one thing-the moto

k this for their own landing, and, when they found out t

d thought sudden

shouted. "J

hat it was empty. Durland and Dick Crawford ran there togethe

cried, furiously. "Someone has d

ut the Assistant Scout-Master

and they heard him breaking through the woods to the

orcycle, and now they heard the sharp

p to the dam there, in case they went that way. The rest of you follow me. We'll take Crawford's route,

of them were. Jack Danby didn't lack friends, at leas