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Title: Under Boy Scout Colors

Author: Joseph Bushnell Ames

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UNDER BOY SCOUT COLORS

by

JOSEPH B. AMES

Author of "Pete, Cow-Puncher," "The Treasure of the Canyon," etc.

Illustrated by Walt Louderback

[Illustration: He jerked backward with all the strength he could summon]

[Illustration]

Approved by the "Boy Scouts of America"

New York
The Century Co.
1917

Copyright, 1916, 1917, by
The Century Co.

Published September, 1917

TO

THE MEMBERS OF TROOP FIVE

FROM A GRATEFUL SCOUTMASTER

CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I THE LIVE WIRE 3
II THE NEW TENDERFOOT 12
III THE SILVER LINING 26
IV ON THE GRIDIRON 39
V TROUBLE AHEAD 53
VI THE QUARREL 65
VII IN THE LAST QUARTER 77
VIII THE GOOD TURN 86
IX AN ODD THANKSGIVING 96
X THE SURPRISE 108
XI ELKHORN CABIN 121
XII A CRY IN THE NIGHT 130
XIII WHAT THEY FOUND