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"Good shot, Bob!" cried Thad. "Get another stone, quick, for he's coming after you." Page 146.—The Boy Scouts In the Blue Ridge.The Boy ScoutsOR |
By A. L. Burt Company
THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE BLUE RIDGE.
THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE BLUE RIDGE
CHAPTER I.
THE HIKE THROUGH THE SMOKY RANGE.
"Did anybody happen to see my knapsackaround?"
"Why, you had it just a few minutes ago, StepHen!"
"I know that, Bumpus; and I'd take my affidavyI laid it down on this rock."
"Well, don't whine so about a little thing likethat, Step Hen; it ain't there now, and that's a fact."
"Somebody's gone and sneaked it on me, that'swhat. I'm the unluckiest feller in the whole bunch,for havin' queer things happen to him. Just can'tlay a single thing I've got down anywhere, but whatit disappears in the most remarkable way you everheard of, and bobs up somewhere else! I must behaunted, I'm beginnin' to believe. Do you knowanything about my knapsack, Giraffe?"
"Never touched your old grub sack, Step Hen;[4]so don't you dare accuse me of playing a trick onyou. Sure you didn't hang it up somewhere; I'veknown you to do some funny stunts that way;" andthe tall boy called "Giraffe" by his mates, stretchedhis long neck in a most ridiculous manner, as helooked all around.
Eight boys