item: #1 of 50 id: 12526 author: Fletcher, Archibald Lee title: Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds; Or, The Signal from the Hills date: None words: 38374 flesch: 91 summary: Yes, laughed Tommy, if you want to find boys with air guns, come out here about three hundred miles north of nowhere! When he spoke it was with suppressed excitement. Do you boys know exactly why we are in the Hudson Bay country? he asked, How much did Mr. Horton tell you? Nothing at all! keywords: antoine; boys; brass; brass god; cabin; camp; cavern; fire; george; god; good; guess; indian; man; moment; pierre; right; sandy; snow; thede; time; tommy; way cache: 12526.txt plain text: 12526.txt item: #2 of 50 id: 16544 author: Blaine, John title: The Boy Scouts In Russia date: None words: 40669 flesch: 91 summary: Fred heard Boris call Vladimir and speak to the old servant in Russian. Fred thought of Russian generals in the war with Japan who might have changed the whole course of that conflict had they had such ideas. keywords: army; boris; car; course; father; fred; german; good; house; ivan; moment; officer; people; place; right; road; russian; soldier; suvaroff; thought; time; war; way cache: 16544.txt plain text: 16544.txt item: #3 of 50 id: 17227 author: Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred) title: Rod of the Lone Patrol date: None words: 78046 flesch: 92 summary: If that boy Rod Royal isn't looked after more'n he is he will come to a bad end, mark my word, Tom Dunker ponderously remarked to his wife one evening. Rod Royal, was the reply. keywords: arabella; boy; boys; captain; captain josh; city; dan; day; eyes; face; fer; girl; good; hand; home; house; josh; man; miss; money; mrs; night; parson; people; reply; rod; rodney; room; royal; scouts; thought; time; want; way; whyn; woman cache: 17227.txt plain text: 17227.txt item: #4 of 50 id: 17266 author: Warren, George A. title: The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership date: None words: 64748 flesch: 86 summary: In this fashion then did wise Paul bring peace to the troubled hearts of those anxious ones. You know that some of the boys will fall by the wayside soon after the novelty has worn off, remarked wise Paul, who delighted in studying human nature as he saw it around him. keywords: bobolink; boys; chum; coins; course; day; door; face; fellows; fire; good; growdy; hand; head; home; house; jack; know; leader; look; man; new; paul; place; red; right; road; scout; stanhope; ted; thing; thought; time; town; troop; wallace; way; william; woods cache: 17266.txt plain text: 17266.txt item: #5 of 50 id: 18952 author: Fletcher, Archibald Lee title: Boy Scouts on a Long Hike; Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps date: None words: 39251 flesch: 81 summary: BOY SCOUTS ON A LONG HIKE or To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps By Archibald Lee Fletcher Chicago M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 146 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOY SCOUTS ON A LONG HIKE keywords: andy; boys; course; eben; eyes; farmer; feel; fritz; good; ground; half; hand; home; jotham; look; man; money; noodles; patrol; paul; place; right; rollins; saw; scoutmaster; scouts; seth; thing; time; way cache: 18952.txt plain text: 18952.txt item: #6 of 50 id: 19501 author: Davis, Richard Harding title: The Boy Scout date: None words: 5584 flesch: 87 summary: Men unafraid; men not afraid of fever or sudden death; not afraid to tell the truth--even to _you_. Into the most private of the private offices Carroll invited Gaskell, the head clerk; in the main office Hastings had asked young Thorne, the bond clerk, to be seated. keywords: barbara; boy; carroll; eyes; hastings; jimmie; man; street; thorne cache: 19501.txt plain text: 19501.txt item: #7 of 50 id: 20327 author: Durston, George title: The Boy Scouts on the Trail date: None words: 39129 flesch: 92 summary: At last Frank stopped and whispered to Henri. THE BOY SCOUTS ON THE TRAIL CHAPTER I PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Where are you going to spend the holidays, Frank? The speaker was Henri Martin, a French boy of the new type that has sprung up in France since games like football and tennis began to be generally encouraged. keywords: amiens; boys; chance; day; english; france; frank; french; general; germans; good; greene; harry; henri; knew; men; moment; officer; paris; right; road; scouts; time; troops; war; way cache: 20327.txt plain text: 20327.txt item: #8 of 50 id: 20434 author: Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917 title: The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire; or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol date: None words: 61023 flesch: 83 summary: Giving one last look around, and quite satisfied with the arrangement of this, the first camp of the newly organized Silver Fox Patrol of Cranford Troop of Boy Scouts, Thad finally followed the example of his chums, crawling under the flap of the tent, which he left up for ventilation. We've done all that could be expected of a patrol of Boy Scouts, under the circumstances, said Thad firmly; and the rest had better be left to men who are used to such things. keywords: allan; bear; boat; bob; boy; boys; bumpus; camp; davy; eyes; fellow; fire; giraffe; good; half; hen; island; know; lake; look; man; master; men; patrol; place; right; saw; scout; smithy; step; thad; things; time; tree; water; way; white cache: 20434.txt plain text: 20434.txt item: #9 of 50 id: 20985 author: Warren, George A. title: The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour; or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain date: None words: 68800 flesch: 85 summary: Food was found, also some bottles of liquor, which latter Paul took great pleasure in immediately smashing. In the preceding volume, The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership, I endeavored to interest my readers in an account of the numerous trials and adventures that befell Paul and his chums when forming the first Red Fox Patrol. keywords: away; bobolink; boys; camp; chapter; chum; close; course; day; door; fellows; find; fire; good; gordon; half; hand; head; hold; jack; joe; jud; leader; look; man; mountain; night; patrol; paul; scouts; stanhope; ted; tent; things; thought; time; troop; wallace; want; water; way; william cache: 20985.txt plain text: 20985.txt item: #10 of 50 id: 21842 author: Webster, Frank V. title: The Boy Scouts of Lenox; Or, The Hike Over Big Bear Mountain date: None words: 47740 flesch: 83 summary: He had the making of a good scout only for those faults which other boys derided as silly and girlish. At any rate the new Wolf Patrol numbered five, and other boys were showing a disposition to make application for membership. keywords: bear; billy; boys; camp; carl; chance; culpepper; day; dock; felix; find; george; good; home; josh; leader; look; man; master; mother; mountain; paper; patrol; right; scout; things; time; tom; want; way; witherspoon cache: 21842.txt plain text: 21842.txt item: #11 of 50 id: 22644 author: Lerrigo, Charles Henry title: The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow date: None words: 50765 flesch: 92 summary: It was probably early morning when at last Glen arose, stretched himself and carefully lighted a lantern. Glen Mason sat on a long bench trying to hold the place next to him against the stealthy ravages of the boys who crowded him. keywords: apple; big; boy; boys; brick; buffalo; camp; car; cave; chick; day; find; glen; good; help; jervice; look; man; matt; newton; place; right; school; scout; spencer; tell; thing; time; treasure; water; way; work cache: 22644.txt plain text: 22644.txt item: #12 of 50 id: 26345 author: Roy, Lillian Elizabeth title: Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks date: None words: 53498 flesch: 87 summary: Then she read: 'At a recent fire that destroyed Dickens' Hotel at Raquette Lake, Adirondacks, a group of girl scouts known as the Dandelion Troop saved many lives and did heroic work in saving property. Then during the winter, other girls who had heard of the good times the scouts had had in camp that past summer became so insistent to mothers at home that permission to join the organization was granted them. keywords: alec; amy; betty; boys; camp; captain; car; carry; day; dick; dinner; fire; gilly; gilroy; girls; good; great; help; hester; home; house; jake; jim; joan; judith; julie; lake; left; light; mrs; place; raven; road; ruth; scouts; time; trail; vernon; verny; water; way; work cache: 26345.txt plain text: 26345.txt item: #13 of 50 id: 26625 author: Maitland, Robert title: The Boy Scout Automobilists; Or, Jack Danby in the Woods date: None words: 40865 flesch: 87 summary: So once more Jack drove the grey car to Bremerton. By The Saalfield Publishing Co._ CHAPTER I CALLED TO ACTIVE SERVICE What's this call for a special meeting of the Boy Scouts, Jack? asked Pete Stubbs, a First Class Boy Scout, of his chum Jack Danby, who had just been appointed Assistant Patrol Leader of the Crow Patrol of the Thirty-ninth Troop. keywords: army; bean; boy; broom; car; chance; durland; enemy; general; good; guess; hardport; harkness; jack; line; pete; right; road; scout; time; tom; war; way; work cache: 26625.txt plain text: 26625.txt item: #14 of 50 id: 26875 author: Maitland, Robert title: The Boy Scout Fire Fighters; Or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed date: None words: 40393 flesch: 91 summary: Gee, that looks like some fire, Jack, said Pete Stubbs, a Tenderfoot Scout, to his chum, Jack Danby, head office-boy in the place where he and Pete both worked. Hudson insisted on giving Jack Danby most of the credit, but Jack wouldn't have it that way. keywords: binns; boy; camp; chance; danby; dick; fire; good; jack; jack danby; look; man; men; people; pete; place; right; scout; thought; time; tom; water; way; work cache: 26875.txt plain text: 26875.txt item: #15 of 50 id: 28531 author: Warren, George A. title: The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound; or, A Tour on Skates and Iceboats date: None words: 54745 flesch: 86 summary: Paul Takes a Chance 46 VIII. Indeed, several times Jud dropped his trailing burden and half raised his gun, as he imagined he detected a suspicious movement somewhere close by. keywords: betts; bluff; bobolink; boys; briggs; cabin; course; day; fellows; fire; garrity; good; hand; hank; home; ice; jack; jud; let; like; look; master; paul; place; right; scouts; set; snow; stanhope; things; think; time; tip; tolly; tom; way; work cache: 28531.txt plain text: 28531.txt item: #16 of 50 id: 28769 author: Sherwood, Elmer title: Ted Marsh on an Important Mission date: None words: 19201 flesch: 91 summary: Watch boy Ted Marsh, Canadian Pacific, left here seven A. M. Sunday. Ted Goes Back 101 XII. keywords: boy; chicago; dean; home; man; marsh; men; mother; mrs; room; strong; ted; time; walker; way; winckel cache: 28769.txt plain text: 28769.txt item: #17 of 50 id: 29147 author: Barclay, Lorne W. (Lorne Webster) title: Educational Work of the Boy Scouts date: None words: 3407 flesch: 66 summary: Pioneer Scouts follow the same program as other scouts do, taking their tests from a specially appointed local examiner, usually a teacher, pastor, or employer. The United States Department of Agriculture is also lending its hearty support and indorsement to this branch of scout work. keywords: america; boy; boys; council; movement; national; scout; scouting cache: 29147.txt plain text: 29147.txt item: #18 of 50 id: 29558 author: Boy Scouts of America title: Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 date: None words: 128876 flesch: 78 summary: Our hope is that the information needed for successful work with boy scouts will be found within the pages of this book. A boy may wear all the scout uniforms made, all the scout badges ever manufactured, know all the woodcraft, campcraft, scoutcraft and other activities of boy scouts, and yet never be a real boy scout. keywords: aid; air; american; animals; arm; army; arrow; birds; black; boat; body; book; bow; boy scout; boys; building; camp; canoe; care; cents; chief; city; class scout; close; co.; cold; common; council; country; course; cut; day; deer; earth; end; feet; fig; fire; fish; flag; following; food; foot; forest; form; game; general; good; government; ground; half; hand; hard; head; help; hold; home; illustration; inches; insignia; john; kind; land; law; leaves; left; life; life scout; line; little; long; making; man; material; means; men; merit; national; near; new; north; number; open; order; page; patrol; people; person; piece; place; plants; point; pole; position; president; price; red; right; scout; scout badge; scout camp; scout master; second; service; set; size; small; south; star; states; story; strong; sun; surface; tell; tent; things; time; track; trail; trees; turn; united; use; war; washington; water; way; west; white; wild; wind; wood; work; world; years; york; young cache: 29558.txt plain text: 29558.txt item: #19 of 50 id: 30453 author: Crump, Irving title: The Boy Scout Fire Fighters date: None words: 44737 flesch: 86 summary: Bruce began to read aloud: Mr. Bruce Clifford, Chief of the Scout Engineers' Fire Department. Soon, other scouts arrived and presently an automobile rolled up to the door and four of the town's councilmen climbed out. keywords: beach; big; boys; bruce; bud; building; camp; day; feet; fellows; fire; ford; gordon; half; hand; headquarters; jiminy; know; lads; lake; life; line; look; machine; man; moment; motor; nanc; nipper; place; quarry; right; road; romper; scouts; time; town; troop; want; water; way; woodbridge; work cache: 30453.txt plain text: 30453.txt item: #20 of 50 id: 30810 author: Finnemore, John title: The Wolf Patrol: A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts date: None words: 84184 flesch: 94 summary: Oh, father,' cried Dick, running up to him, 'do tell me you've found something for poor old Chippy. murmured Chippy, who from his post had been unable to catch any glimpse of the stranger. keywords: arthur; bank; billy; bit; boat; boys; chapter; chippy; cut; day; dick; dick elliott; elliott; eyes; face; feet; fire; foot; good; half; hand; head; heath; hole; know; lay; left; look; man; men; moment; patrol; place; raven; right; river; road; round; saw; scout; spy; thought; time; track; water; way; wolf; work; wot; yer cache: 30810.txt plain text: 30810.txt item: #21 of 50 id: 31389 author: Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917 title: The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods; Or, The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol date: None words: 60981 flesch: 83 summary: Well, anyway, _something_ gave me a bite, and you can see the blood on my hand right now, Thad, whined Step Hen, crawling once more into view, and looking as though he could not be convinced to the contrary of his statement, just because of a little frost. Then let's hope it will be sooner, remarked Step Hen; because you know him well enough to understand that we'll have no peace of our lives till he either gets his little fire started, or else makes a failure of the game. keywords: away; boy; boys; bumpus; cale; camp; davy; eli; eyes; face; fire; game; giraffe; good; guess; guide; gun; half; head; hen; jim; look; maine; man; new; patrol; right; saw; scout; step; step hen; tell; tew; thad; ther; thet; things; thought; time; way; woods cache: 31389.txt plain text: 31389.txt item: #22 of 50 id: 31487 author: Fletcher, Archibald Lee title: Boy Scouts on the Great Divide; Or, The Ending of the Trail date: None words: 37890 flesch: 89 summary: Look here, Tommy whispered, we're not anxious to see you boys get into trouble, and so we're going to give you a tip. We are boys from Detroit having a little vacation from the hills and it will be all the pleasanter if we have congenial company. keywords: boys; camp; cavern; chester; chicago; detectives; father; fire; george; good; katz; man; men; place; reply; right; robbers; sandy; sheriff; time; tommy; train cache: 31487.txt plain text: 31487.txt item: #23 of 50 id: 32240 author: Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917 title: The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge; Or, Marooned Among the Moonshiners date: None words: 59536 flesch: 82 summary: Perhaps he suspected already the identity of Bob Quail. The old man was interested in what he had heard; and only for the fact that he bore a deadly hatred for the family of young Bob Quail, they would have little to fear from the king of the moonshiners, whose influence among the other mountaineers was such that he could easily sway them one way or the other at will. keywords: allan; bob; boy; boys; bumpus; camp; course; davy; eyes; face; father; giraffe; girl; going; good; hand; head; hen; know; little; look; man; mountain; patrol; phin; polly; quail; reuben; right; scouts; step; suh; sure; ter; thad; thet; thing; time; way; white cache: 32240.txt plain text: 32240.txt item: #24 of 50 id: 32354 author: Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917 title: The Boy Scouts in the Rockies; Or, The Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine date: None words: 60078 flesch: 82 summary: But him not with other white boys down in big timber. Good boy! keywords: aleck; allan; away; boy; boys; bumpus; camp; course; davy; eyes; face; find; fire; fox; giraffe; good; guide; hand; hen; kracker; little; look; man; rawson; right; scoutmaster; scouts; sheriff; smithy; step; step hen; tell; thad; thing; time; toby; way cache: 32354.txt plain text: 32354.txt item: #25 of 50 id: 34333 author: Pendleton, Louis title: Captain Ted: A Boy's Adventures Among Hiding Slackers in the Great Georgia Swamp date: None words: 61383 flesch: 83 summary: Resolutely employing all his remaining strength, Ted lifted Hubert to his feet, and, with his arm around him, coaxing and dragging, he forced him slowly along the trail toward the stranger's camp. Ted reminded Hubert of his prediction, believing that they were out of the swamp at last. keywords: 'em; billy; boys; buck; camp; dat; day; eyes; feet; fire; good; hand; hardy; hubert; island; jackson; james; jenkins; july; know; let; long; look; man; men; negro; night; pine; slackers; swamp; sweet; ted; tell; thought; time; tree; war; water; way cache: 34333.txt plain text: 34333.txt item: #26 of 50 id: 35808 author: Stuart, Gordon (Adventure story writer) title: The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land date: None words: 42829 flesch: 87 summary: Don't feel so bad about it, old boy, comforted Jerry. There were other boys in the neighborhood, however. keywords: aeroplane; air; aviator; bird; boys; captain; carl; carlito; crawford; day; dunk; father; fellows; fire; fly; fort; fred; good; gray; hawke; herb; indian; jerry; look; machine; new; phipps; ranch; right; scout; sheep; sure; tender; thunder; time; way; work; young cache: 35808.txt plain text: 35808.txt item: #27 of 50 id: 36726 author: Greene, Frances Nimmo title: America First date: None words: 20109 flesch: 88 summary: But little Riego did not dream in how short a time would his loyalty to his new country be tested. What? demanded L. C. And hear old Danny being quiet! finished the teasing scamp. keywords: america; boy; boys; country; danny; eyes; father; flag; head; heart; louise; mckenzie; moment; mother; new; pascual; riego; rudolph; scout; time; way cache: 36726.txt plain text: 36726.txt item: #28 of 50 id: 36838 author: Douglas, Alan, Captain title: Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol date: None words: 40536 flesch: 82 summary: We seem to be just two shy, observed Mr. Garrabrant, with a twinkle in his eye, as he turned toward Elmer Chenowith, who had recently received his certificate as assistant scout master from the National Council, and was really qualified to take the place of the leader whenever the latter chanced to be absent. Good boy, Number Five! keywords: artha; boys; camp; chatz; course; day; elmer; fellows; fire; garrabrant; ginger; going; good; hand; hickory; like; lil; little; look; mark; master; new; red; right; scout; scout master; sir; ted; things; time; toby; vol; water; way cache: 36838.txt plain text: 36838.txt item: #29 of 50 id: 37167 author: Douglas, Alan, Captain title: Woodcraft; Or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good date: None words: 44082 flesch: 86 summary: An' I want to be along to see what else Elmer kin show us, when the trail she grows dim. [Illustration: They had gone possibly another mile when Elmer came to a halt.] keywords: artha; away; boys; dolph; elmer; family; fellows; flowers; good; hickory; jasper; larry; leader; leaves; lil; look; man; mark; master; matt; new; patrol; red; ridge; right; scouts; tell; things; time; toby; tree; troop; tubbs; way; white; woods; yellow cache: 37167.txt plain text: 37167.txt item: #30 of 50 id: 37485 author: Eaton, Walter Prichard title: Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies date: None words: 83517 flesch: 91 summary: Hanging helpless to his saddle horn, Tom saw Joe tearing past, in the middle of the crowd, and disappearing toward the hotel. The Indian Pow-Wow--Tom and Joe Get Into the Squaw Dance 240 XX. keywords: bob; boys; camp; cliff; climb; day; divide; doctor; feet; fire; glacier; going; good; guess; half; head; home; horse; hotel; joe; lake; left; little; look; man; men; mills; mountain; old; park; party; pass; ranger; right; rope; scouts; snow; spider; tent; time; tom; trail; trees; wall; water; way; white; woods cache: 37485.txt plain text: 37485.txt item: #31 of 50 id: 37487 author: Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey) title: Boy Scouts in the Northwest; Or, Fighting Forest Fires date: None words: 50575 flesch: 89 summary: My name is Ernest Whipple; I'm looking for Mr. Ned Nestor. Ned and Jimmie may be in trouble somewhere. keywords: aeroplane; air; boy; boys; cavern; cañon; face; fire; forest; frank; good; green; half; hand; jack; jimmie; left; lemon; machine; man; men; moment; ned; pat; place; plateau; reply; right; smoke; time; way; wind cache: 37487.txt plain text: 37487.txt item: #32 of 50 id: 37493 author: Douglas, Alan, Captain title: Fast Nine; or, A Challenge from Fairfield date: None words: 44704 flesch: 85 summary: That sounds pretty fine, my boy, observed Elmer; but what makes you believe I can do anything to help out? Hey! what did Matt Tubbs have to say to you, Elmer? suddenly asked Lil Artha. keywords: artha; ball; bass; boy; boys; cap; colonel; day; elmer; fairfield; fellows; fish; game; gentleman; good; hand; head; hickory; home; house; lil; mark; matt; new; phil; pitcher; red; ridge; right; scout; team; thing; time; toby; tubbs; tuh; water; way; work cache: 37493.txt plain text: 37493.txt item: #33 of 50 id: 44882 author: Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917 title: The Boy Scouts Through the Big Timber; Or, The Search for the Lost Tenderfoot date: None words: 52133 flesch: 87 summary: Now we can go ahead again, and find old Bumpus, Step Hen remarked, after the operation had been successfully finished. Step Hen Looks Out for the Provisions. keywords: allan; away; bear; boys; bumpus; camp; davy; eyes; fire; giraffe; going; good; guess; gun; hank; hold; leg; little; look; men; patrol; right; scout; scoutmaster; step hen; sure; thad; thing; timber; time; trail; tree; way cache: 44882.txt plain text: 44882.txt item: #34 of 50 id: 45547 author: Stuart, Gordon (Adventure story writer) title: Hal Kenyon Disappears date: None words: 44514 flesch: 85 summary: As to you other boys, there is no excuse for your running away. Two of the boys, Hal Kenyon and Byron Bowler, were delegated to the work of starting the fire. keywords: airship; bad; bag; boys; byrd; byron; cave; cañon; doctor; feet; find; flathead; frank; frankland; good; hal; lakefarm; miles; mountain; near; place; porter; right; river; school; time; water; waterfall; way cache: 45547.txt plain text: 45547.txt item: #35 of 50 id: 45667 author: Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917 title: The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna; or, The Silver Fox Patrol Caught in a Flood date: None words: 65815 flesch: 81 summary: Give Giraffe a push, Allan, will you, and roll Bumpus over a few times till he says he's awake; that's the regular program with him, you know. Good boy, Smithy, keep a-going! cried Davy, greatly excited. keywords: allan; big; boat; boys; bumpus; camp; chance; course; davy; end; face; fact; fellow; fire; george; giraffe; good; hands; hen; hope; island; leader; let; look; man; patrol; place; rest; right; river; run; scouts; smithy; sort; step; thad; thing; thought; time; tramp; want; water; way cache: 45667.txt plain text: 45667.txt item: #36 of 50 id: 45740 author: Quirk, Leslie W. title: The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High date: None words: 71509 flesch: 91 summary: Playing deep for the next batter, S. S. saw the Belden captain stroll up to the plate, grinning cheerfully. shouted Bunny. keywords: = =; ball; barrett; belden; bonfire; boy; boys; buck; bunny; captain; car; course; cree; day; game; good; half; hand; head; hibbs; high; horace; jump; lakeville; left; little; molly; nap; patrol; play; prissler; right; rodman; roundy; school; scouts; second; sheffield; specs; team; time; way cache: 45740.txt plain text: 45740.txt item: #37 of 50 id: 46968 author: Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917 title: The Boy Scouts on War Trails in Belgium; Or, Caught Between Hostile Armies date: None words: 63883 flesch: 82 summary: Giraffe Makes a Bargain. Give Giraffe a shake, Allan! keywords: allan; belgian; belgium; border; boys; bridge; bumpus; car; coming; country; course; dutch; engine; eyes; fact; german; giraffe; good; half; hand; head; hope; look; men; place; right; river; road; run; scouts; sort; thad; thing; thought; time; want; war; way cache: 46968.txt plain text: 46968.txt item: #38 of 50 id: 49496 author: Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis) title: The Scouts of Seal Island date: None words: 50577 flesch: 84 summary: As soon as Leader Atherton was dismissed he ran as hard as he could out of the schoolhouse, and crossed the playground and burst excitedly into the old gym. Leader Atherton looked at the Scout to see if he could detect any signs of pulling his leg on Green's part. keywords: atherton; boat; buckley; camp; caves; day; end; feet; good; green; hand; head; island; lads; leader; look; man; mayne; men; mr trematon; old; otters; phillips; place; polkerwyck; right; scoutmaster; scouts; seal; silas; simpson; sir; sir silas; stone; tassh; tea; time; trematon; tunnel; water; way; wolves; work; yacht cache: 49496.txt plain text: 49496.txt item: #39 of 50 id: 54755 author: Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) title: The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp date: None words: 65349 flesch: 87 summary: As he finished speaking he handed the package of prints to Walter face down, and the boy, noting that they were numbered in consecutive order, instantly realized that this was a cue for him to show them in that order. Here Pat bade Walter rig his rod and, producing a lively green frog from his pocket, he impaled it on the hook by thrusting the barb through its lips, explaining that in this way the frog's swimming was not seriously interfered with. keywords: 'em; big; billy; boy; boys; cabin; camp; canoe; chief; chip; day; deer; doctor; end; eyes; face; feet; fer; fire; fish; good; guide; hal; half; hand; jim; know; lake; left; line; look; man; merriam; minutes; morning; pat; points; right; second; spud; thet; thing; time; trail; tree; tug; walter; way; woodcraft; woods; yer cache: 54755.txt plain text: 54755.txt item: #40 of 50 id: 5602 author: Victor, Ralph title: The Boy Scouts Patrol date: None words: 32559 flesch: 91 summary: What do you say, Don? continued Rand. No, admitted Jack; but I have given the officer the tip, and told him about the shack in the woods where Pepper saw Rae. keywords: boat; boys; colonel; come; dick; donald; gerald; good; jack; judge; man; monkey; pepper; rae; rand; right; road; scout; think; thought; time; way cache: 5602.txt plain text: 5602.txt item: #41 of 50 id: 5707 author: Durston, George title: The Boy Scout Aviators date: None words: 40975 flesch: 93 summary: While it was true that orders had to be obeyed, there was no reason, Harry felt, why the lieutenant should not have shown some discretion. Dick stayed with the cab, outside the wall; Harry hurried in. keywords: boy; bray; chance; colonel; course; dick; england; find; going; good; graves; harry; house; jack; man; moment; place; right; scouts; sir; things; thought; time; war; way cache: 5707.txt plain text: 5707.txt item: #42 of 50 id: 5981 author: Durston, George title: The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War date: None words: 38809 flesch: 92 summary: Find Ivan. Scores of little children clung to their mother's hands, or wandered trembling and screaming from group to group, seeking their own people. keywords: boy; boys; children; door; elinor; evelyn; father; good; house; ivan; man; martha; men; morris; people; princess; professor; right; room; thing; thought; time; warren; warsaw; way; woman cache: 5981.txt plain text: 5981.txt item: #43 of 50 id: 6338 author: Fletcher, Archibald Lee title: Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns; Or, The Light in Tunnel Six date: None words: 38576 flesch: 91 summary: And now, Will said as they settled down in their old room on Washington boulevard, we going to be good boys from this time on and remain in Chicago and stay at home nights! What'd you say about other boys being hungry? asked Sandy. keywords: boys; canfield; caretaker; carson; chamber; detective; dick; elmer; gangway; george; good; jimmie; look; money; place; right; sandy; shaft; time; tommy; way cache: 6338.txt plain text: 6338.txt item: #44 of 50 id: 6339 author: Blaine, John title: The Boy Scouts on a Submarine date: None words: 38746 flesch: 94 summary: A couple of other men ran to help the Captain, and that Louie just kicked out back, and doubled them both up, one after the other, in a corner. When Porky and Beany had themselves become great men, when, in their turn, boys looked up to them with admiration and love, they learned to look back with boundless gratitude to the fate that had led them, through the Boy Scouts, into the friendship of Colonel Bright. keywords: asa; beany; boys; captain; car; colonel; door; eyes; face; good; home; house; ledermann; look; man; men; porky; potter; right; things; think; thought; time; way; weasel; wolf cache: 6339.txt plain text: 6339.txt item: #45 of 50 id: 6673 author: Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron title: Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns date: None words: 67926 flesch: 83 summary: So the boy has to go off into the jungle and mountains and hide himself from other men until the white paint wears off, and this generally takes about a month; so that all this time he has to look after himself and stalk game with his one assegai, and kill it and cut it up; he has to light his fire by means of rubbing sticks together in order to cook his meat; he has to make the skin of the animal into a covering for himself; and he has to know what kinds of wild roots, berries, and leaves are good for food as vegetables. But unfortunately numbers of other working men, seeing his good fortune, also thought it would be an easier way of making money to write poetry rather than by doing hard work, and Horace Walpole, when writing of Duck, said., that he succeeded as a poet, but he also succeeded in ruining at least twenty good workmen. keywords: birds; boat; boy; boy scouts; boys; british; camp; country; cut; day; days; duty; end; fire; fish; food; good; ground; help; high; home; illustration; kind; life; line; long; look; making; man; men; miles; number; order; people; place; right; rod; scout; scouting; sea; ship; stick; tent; thing; time; tree; turn; use; want; war; water; way; work; years cache: 6673.txt plain text: 6673.txt item: #46 of 50 id: 6827 author: Stuart, Gordon (Adventure story writer) title: Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island date: None words: 46687 flesch: 91 summary: At last Jerry gave a shout of joy. Jerry felt uncomfortable. keywords: bank; boat; boys; dad; dave; day; feet; frank; fulton; going; good; guess; half; house; island; jerry; left; look; man; men; phil; place; plum; right; river; run; scouts; shore; skyrocket; tell; time; tod; water; way cache: 6827.txt plain text: 6827.txt item: #47 of 50 id: 6904 author: Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey) title: Boy Scouts in an Airship; Or, The Warning from the Sky date: None words: 48060 flesch: 89 summary: Good old Ned! Evidently an American commercial traveler, Ned thought, as the stranger stood by his side a moment without speaking, his eyes fixed on the airship. keywords: aeroplane; air; airship; bear; boy; boys; collins; fellow; frank; good; harry; jack; jackson; jimmie; left; leroy; look; lyman; machine; moment; ned; nelson; new; reply; right; river; saw; thought; time; valley; way cache: 6904.txt plain text: 6904.txt item: #48 of 50 id: 7050 author: Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) title: The Swoop! or, How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the Great Invasion date: None words: 17894 flesch: 84 summary: August the First, 19--_ Clarence Chugwater looked around him with a frown, and gritted his teeth. So that in the end England's defenders were narrowed down to the Boy Scouts, of whom Clarence Chugwater was the pride, and a large civilian population, prepared, at any moment, to turn out for their country's sake and wave flags. keywords: army; boy; chapter; chugwater; clarence; country; duke; england; general; german; grand; hall; invaders; london; man; music; night; otto; paper; prince; russian; scout; sir; stage; time; way; young cache: 7050.txt plain text: 7050.txt item: #49 of 50 id: 8067 author: Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917 title: The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island; or, Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers date: None words: 58019 flesch: 79 summary: Looky there at old Bumpus dancing a jig, will you! But then no one found any fault; in fact they were thrilled by the knowledge that their exploits had been read by other scouts, who cherished a sort of friendly feeling for the members of the Silver Fox Patrol, just from learning about their adventures in a book or so. keywords: allan; boat; boys; bumpus; camp; chance; course; davy; fellow; fish; giraffe; good; hand; head; hen; island; lake; look; master; men; rest; right; saw; scout; sort; step; step hen; thad; things; think; thought; time; water; way cache: 8067.txt plain text: 8067.txt item: #50 of 50 id: 9948 author: Warren, George A. title: The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat; or, The Secret of Cedar Island date: None words: 67005 flesch: 84 summary: Guess Paul would have to be the reception committee all alone. There's Paul followin' 'em up; reckon we'd better keep with him, boys. keywords: away; betts; boats; bobolink; boys; camp; cedar; close; course; eyes; fellows; good; guess; half; head; island; jack; jud; know; lake; look; man; master; men; mind; old; paul; phil; place; right; saw; scouts; stanhope; things; think; time; tom; water; way; wild cache: 9948.txt plain text: 9948.txt